different between gans vs nans

English

Verb

gans

1. (Tyneside) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan

Anagrams

• AGNs, ANGs, GNAs, NSAG, nags, sang, snag

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gans.

Noun

gans (plural ganse)

1. goose

Descendants

• Xhosa: urhanisi
• Zulu: ihansi

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gen

Etymology

From Old Cornish cant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”).

Preposition

gans

1. with (in the company of)
2. with (expresses possession of something on one's person)
3. by (indicates the actor of a clause in the passive voice)
4. by (indicates the creator of a work)

Antonyms

• (with): hep, heb

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns/
• Hyphenation: gans
• Rhymes: -?ns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gans (alongside g?s, g?s), from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

gans f (plural ganzen, diminutive gansje n)

1. A goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae.

Alternative forms

• goes (dialectal)

Derived terms

• boerengans
• brandgans
• domme gans
• ganzenbord
• ganzenlever
• ganzenpas
• ganzeveer
• grauwe gans
• halfgans
• huisgans
• Indische gans
• nijlgans
• rotgans
• sneeuwgans
• vetgans
• zeegans
• zwaangans
• zwarte gans

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gans
• ? Sranan Tongo: gansi

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gansch, gands, gants, gans, from Old High German ganz, from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, entire”).

Determiner

gans

1. whole, entire

   Het ganse land.

   The entire country.

Inflection

Alternative forms

• gansch (obsolete)

Synonyms

• geheel, heel, volledig

Adverb

gans

1. entirely

   Synonyms: geheel, helemaal, volledig

Alternative forms

• gansch (obsolete)

Indonesian

Etymology

ganteng + -s

Pronunciation

Adjective

gans

1. (slang, text messaging) handsome

Latvian

Noun

gans m (1st declension, feminine form: gane)

1. (male) shepherd

Declension

Scots

Verb

gans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan

Volapük

Noun

gans

1. nominative plural of gan

English

Noun

nans

1. plural of nan

Anagrams

• ANNs, anns

Catalan

Adjective

nans

1. masculine plural of nan

Noun

nans

1. plural of nan

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of n? (“swim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nans/, [nä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nans/, [n?ns]

Participle

n?ns (genitive nantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. swimming
2. floating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

n?ns m (genitive nantis); third declension

1. a swimmer
2. (in the plural, with av?s) swimming fowl; geese, ducks

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).