different between villan vs villany

English

Noun

villan (plural villans)

1. Obsolete form of villain.

Anagrams

• Vallin

Finnish

Noun

villan

1. Genitive singular form of villa.

Anagrams

• vallin

Hungarian

Etymology

[1805] From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric stem as világ and villog + -an (“verb-forming suffix”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?vil??n]
• Hyphenation: vil?lan
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

villan

1. (intransitive) to flash, glint (to gleam briefly)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• villan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Swedish

Noun

villan

1. definite singular of villa

English

Noun

villany

1. Misspelling of villainy.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the stem vill-, a back-formation of villám (“lightning, thunderbolt”) +? -any (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?vil???]
• Hyphenation: vil?lany
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

villany (plural villanyok)

1. electricity

   Synonyms: villamosság, elektromosság

2. (electric) light, lamp (for a room or a building)

   Synonyms: lámpa, világítás

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• villany in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN