different between fans vs fank

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fænz/

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Verb

fans

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fan

Anagrams

• AFNs, ANFs

Catalan

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

fans

1. Plural form of fan

French

Noun

fans m or f

1. plural of fan

Italian

Noun

fans m or f

1. plural of fan

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of for (“speak, say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fans/, [fä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fans/, [f?ns]

Participle

f?ns (genitive fantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. speaking, saying

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• ?nf?ns

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fantes

Verb

fans

1. (non-standard since 2015) simple past of finnes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from fans, the English plural of fan, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk countable fan. Ultimately an English clipping of fanatic.

Noun

fans m (definite singular fansen, uncountable)

1. (collective, colloquial) fans

2. indefinite plural of fan

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fanst (current standard form)

Verb

fans

1. past tense of finnas (non-standard since 2012)

References

• “fans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Swedish

Noun

fans

1. indefinite genitive singular of fan
2. definite genitive singular of fan
3. indefinite plural of fan
4. indefinite genitive plural of fan
5. definite plural of fan
6. definite genitive plural of fan

Anagrams

• nafs

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic fang.

Noun

fank (plural fanks)

1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.

Translations

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989