different between vane vs vans

English

Etymology

From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”) and German Fahne. Compare obsolete fane (“weathercock”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ve?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophones: vain, vein

Noun

vane (plural vanes)

1. A weather vane.
2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
3. (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.

   Synonym: vexillum

   Meronym: barb

4. (navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
5. (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

   Synonym: fin

Translations

Further reading

• weather vane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aven, Evan, Nave, Neva, Vena, aven, nave, neva

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?van?]

Noun

vane m

1. vocative singular of van

Verb

vane

1. third-person singular present of vanout

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?n?/, [?væ?n?]

Noun

vane c (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner)

1. habit
2. practice

Inflection

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vane/

Adverb

vane

1. in vain

Related terms

• vana (“fruitless”)

Italian

Adjective

vane f pl

1. feminine plural of vano

Anagrams

• nave, vena

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?a?.ne/, [?u?ä?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?va.ne/, [?v??n?]

Adjective

v?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of v?nus

References

• vane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

vane

1. Alternative form of fane (“flag, vane”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vani

Noun

vane m (definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vaner, definite plural vanene)

1. a habit, custom

Derived terms

• matvane

References

• “vane” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²???n?/

Noun

vane m (definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vanar, definite plural vanane)

1. a habit, custom
   • 1957, Tarjei Vesaas, Fuglane:

     Hege hadde for lang tid sidan slutta og bedi han halde seg ifrå denna trøyttande vanen.

     Hege had long ago stopped asking him to refrain from this tiresome habit.

Derived terms

• matvane

References

• “vane” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Noun

vans

1. plural of van

Verb

vans

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

Anagrams

• ANSV, Svan, VNSA

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vans/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Adjective

vans

1. masculine plural of va

Danish

Noun

vans c

1. indefinite genitive singular of van

French

Noun

vans m

1. plural of van

Galician

Adjective

vans m pl

1. masculine plural of van

Noun

vans m pl

1. plural of van

Spanish

Noun

vans m pl

1. plural of van