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fand
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
From Middle English fanden, fandien, from Old English fandian (“to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, seek to know, experience, visit”), from Proto-Germanic *fand?n? (“to seek, inquire”), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to come, go”). Cognate with North Frisian fanljien (“to visit”), dialectal Dutch vanden, German fahnden (“to search”). Related to find.
Verb
fand (third-person singular simple present fands, present participle fanding, simple past and past participle fanded)
- (obsolete, transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour.
- (obsolete, transitive, Britain dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.
- (obsolete, transitive, Britain dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.
Derived terms
- fanding
Etymology 2
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English fand, first and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (“to find”).
Verb
fand
- (dialectal) simple past tense of find.
Anagrams
- DAFN, NADF
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fant/
- Rhymes: -ant
- Homophone: Pfand (regional)
Verb
fand
- first/third-person singular preterite of finden
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?nd/
Verb
fand
- first/third-person singular preterite of findan
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- what fandom are you
fank
English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic fang.
Noun
fank (plural fanks)
- A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
Translations
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
fank From the web:
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- what rank you mean
- frank mean
- what fankoo means
- fanku meaning
- fankle meaning
- fankoo what does that mean
- what does fanks mean
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