different between idol vs fans

English

Alternative forms

• idoll (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (eíd?lon, “image, idol”), from ????? (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of eidolon and idolum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??d(?)l, IPA^(key): /?a?d(?)l/
• Rhymes: -a?d?l
• Homophones: idle, idyl(l) (US pronunciation)

Noun

idol (plural idols)

1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
   • 1911 The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God, J. Milton Hayes:

     There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.

2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
3. (Asia, originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
   • '26 January 2016, Mariko Oi, The dark side of Asia’s pop music industry - BBC News

4. (obsolete) An eidolon or phantom; something misleading or elusive.

Synonyms

• (a worshipped representation): afgod (obsolete)
• (a celebrated person): icon, star, superstar

Derived terms

• idolatry
• idolise, idolize

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (aidoru)

Translations

Anagrams

• Lodi, OLDI, diol, lido, loid, olid

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?l

Noun

idol n (singular definite idolet, plural indefinite idoler)

1. idol

Inflection

Polish

Etymology

From French idole, from Latin ?d?lum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (eíd?lon, “image; idol”), from ????? (eîdos, “form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.d?l/

Noun

idol m pers (feminine idolka)

1. idol (cultural icon, especially popular person)

Declension

Noun

idol m inan

1. idol (representation of anything revered)

   Synonyms: bo?ek, ba?wan

Declension

Further reading

• idol in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• idol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ?????? (eídolo), partially through the intermediate of Old Church Slavonic ????? (idol?). Compare Aromanian idul, Serbo-Croatian idol.

Noun

idol m (plural idoli)

1. idol
2. pagan divinity
3. (popular) demon

Synonyms

• (demon): demon, drac, diavol, aghiu??, naiba

Related terms

• idolatru
• idolatrie

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?l/
• Hyphenation: i?dol

Noun

ìd?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. idol

Declension

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