different between wan vs ill

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English ?ann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /w?n/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /wæn/
• Rhymes: -?n

Adjective

wan (comparative wanner, superlative wannest)

1. Pale, sickly-looking.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pallid

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 24]:

     Big fair wan lovely pale-freckled Kathleen with that buoyant bust gave kindly smiles but mostly she was silent.
2. Dim, faint.
3. Bland, uninterested.

Derived terms

• wanly
• wanness

Translations

Noun

wan (uncountable)

1. The quality of being wan; wanness.

Etymology 2

Eye dialect spelling of one. Sense 2 (“girl or woman”) possibly as a result of the phrase your wan as a counterpart to your man.

Noun

wan (plural wans)

1. Pronunciation spelling of one, representing Ireland English.
2. (Ireland) A girl or woman.

Etymology 3

An inflected form.

Verb

wan

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of win.

References

Anagrams

• NWA, awn, naw

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??an]

Numeral

wan (Kana spelling ??)

1. ten

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wan/

Numeral

wan (Bengali script ???)

1. one

Synonyms

• sa
• rongsa
• eek

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Bislama

Etymology

From English one.

Numeral

wan

1. one

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin vannus.

Noun

wan f or m (plural wannen, diminutive wannetje n)

1. winnowing basket

Etymology 2

Verb

wan

1. first-person singular present indicative of wannen
2. imperative of wannen

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English one.

Numeral

wan

1. one

Gothic

Romanization

wan

1. Romanization of ????????????

Japanese

Romanization

wan

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

wan

1. Nonstandard spelling of w?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of w?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of wàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maranao

Verb

wan

1. to fear

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wann (“dark”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz, of uncertain origin.

Adjective

wan

1. wan (pallid, sickly)
2. wan (dim, faint)

Alternative forms

• wane, wanne, won, wonne, wone

Descendants

• English: wan
• Scots: wan

References

• “wan, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

wan (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wane (“deprivation”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

wan

1. Alternative form of wane

Etymology 4

Noun

wan (uncountable)

1. (Northern) Alternative form of vein (“that which is vain”)

Etymology 5

Pronoun

wan

1. Alternative form of whan

Etymology 6

Noun

wan (plural wanes)

1. (Northern, early) Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)

Etymology 7

Noun

wan (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wane (“woeful state”)

Etymology 8

Noun

wan (plural wanes)

1. Alternative form of wone (“choice”)

Etymology 9

Noun

wan (plural wanes)

1. Alternative form of wayn (“wagon”)

Etymology 10

Verb

wan (third-person singular simple present waneth, present participle wanynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle waned)

1. Alternative form of wanen

Etymology 11

Adverb

wan

1. Alternative form of whenne

Conjunction

wan

1. Alternative form of whenne

Etymology 12

Adverb

wan

1. Alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

wan

1. Alternative form of whanne

Etymology 13

Verb

wan

1. Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
2. Alternative form of wonnen: plural simple past of winnen

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English want.

Verb

wan

1. want, want to

Noone

Noun

wan (plural boom)

1. child

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian winna, which derives from Proto-Germanic *winnan?.

Verb

wan

1. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to win

Conjugation

Okinawan

Romanization

wan

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Old English

Alternative forms

• wann

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?n/

Verb

wan

1. third-person singular of winnan

   (Beowulf ll. 151-2)

Pipil

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /wa?/

Relational

-wan

1. with, in relation to

Declension

Conjunction

wan

1. and, but

Scots

Numeral

wan

1. (West Central) one.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English one.

Number

wan

1. one

Etymology 2

Verb

wan

1. Alternative form of wani

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English one.

Noun

wan

1. The number one.

Numeral

wan

1. One. Used with units of measurement and in times: wan aua, wan klok. See also wanpela.

Derived terms

• wanbel
• wanblut
• wande
• wanhaus
• wankain
• wanlain
• wanmak
• wanpes
• wanpela
• wanpilai
• wanpisin
• wanples
• wanskul
• wantaim
• wantok
• wantu
• wanwan
• wanwande
• wanwok

Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [w??]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin ? (wán).

Verb

wan

1. to play

Etymology 2

From Mandarin ? (w?n).

Noun

wan

1. bowl

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun?^[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse illr (adj), illa (adverb), ilt (noun) (whence Icelandic illur, Norwegian ille, Danish ilde), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?elk- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ????? (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit ?????? (ár?as, “hemorrhoids”) (whence Hindi ???? (ar?)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Adjective

ill (comparative worse or iller or more ill, superlative worst or illest or most ill)

1. (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people). [13th-19th c.]
   • 1709, Francis Atterbury, A Sermon Preached before the Sons of the Clergy, at their Anniversary-Meeting, in the Church of St. Paul (December 6, 1709)

     St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.

   • A man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him.

2. (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy. [from 13th c.]
   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 2:

     ‘Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting.’

3. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. [from 14th c.]

4. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
5. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. [from 15th c.]

   Mentally ill people.

6. Having an urge to vomit. [from 20th c.]

7. (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
   • 1986, Beastie Boys, License to Ill
   • 1994, Biggie Smalls, The What

     Biggie Smalls is the illest / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?"

8. (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.

9. (dated) Unwise; not a good idea.
   • 1672, George Swinnock, The Incomparableness of God

     Oh that when the devil and flesh entice the sinner to sport with and make a mock of sin, Prov. x. 23, he would but consider, it is ill jesting with edged tools, it is ill jesting with unquenchable burnings; […]

   • 1914, Indian Ink (volume 1, page 32)

     They arrested everybody—and it is ill to resist a drunken Tommy with a loaded rifle!

Usage notes

• The comparative worse and superlative worst are the standard forms. The forms iller and illest are also used in American English, but are less than a quarter as frequent as "more" and "most" forms. The forms iller, illest are quite common in the slang sense "sublime".

Synonyms

• (suffering from a disease): diseased, poorly (UK), sick, under the weather (informal), unwell
• (having an urge to vomit): disgusted, nauseated, nauseous, sick, sickened
• (bad): bad, mal-
• (in hip-hop slang: sublime): dope
• See also Thesaurus:diseased

Antonyms

• (suffering from a disease): fine, hale, healthy, in good health, well
• (bad): good
• (in hip-hop slang: sublime): wack

Derived terms

Translations

References

Adverb

ill (comparative worse or more ill, superlative worst or most ill)

1. Not well; imperfectly, badly
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House

     Within, I found it, as I had expected, transcendently dismal. The slowly changing shadows waved on it from the heavy trees, were doleful in the last degree; the house was ill-placed, ill-built, ill-planned, and ill-fitted.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 541:

     His inflexibility and blindness ill become a leader, for a leader must temper justice with mercy.

   • 2006, Julia Borossa (translator), Monique Canto-Sperber (quoted author), in Libération, 2002 February 2, quoted in Élisabeth Badinter (quoting author), Dead End Feminism, Polity, ?ISBN, page 40:

     Is it because this supposes an undifferentiated violence towards others and oneself that I could ill imagine in a woman?

Synonyms

• illy

Antonyms

• well

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

ill (countable and uncountable, plural ills)

1. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.

2. Harm or injury.

3. Evil; moral wrongfulness.
4. A physical ailment; an illness.

5. (US, slang, uncountable) PCP, phencyclidine.

Derived terms

• for good or ill

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Further reading

• ill at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Lil, li'l, li'l', lil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse illr, from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz. Along English ill, probably cognate with Irish olc.

Adjective

ill (masculine and feminine ill, neuter ilt, definite singular and plural ille, comparative illare, superlative indefinite illast, superlative definite illaste)

1. bad
2. sore
3. angry, wroth
4. (in compounds) strong, very

Related terms

• illa, ille (verb)
• ille (adverb)

References

• “ill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Adjective

ill (comparative waur, superlative warst)

1. ill
2. bad, evil, wicked
3. harsh, severe
4. profane
5. difficult, troublesome
6. awkward, unskilled

Adverb

ill (comparative waur, superlative warst)

1. ill
2. badly, evilly, wickedly
3. harshly, severely
4. profanely
5. with difficulty
6. awkwardly, inexpertly

Noun

ill (plural ills)

1. ill
2. ill will, malice

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• il

Etymology

From Old Norse illr, from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?elk-.

Adjective

ill (neuter illt)

1. evil, bad

   Han iles onga

   The evil one's kids

   Ja har illt i fotom

   I have pain in my feet.

   Han har illt uti säg

   He is concerned.

   Han har illt ini säg

   He has stomach pains.

   Ji hav illt hóvudä

   I have a headache.

Derived terms

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English willen, from Old English willan, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan.

Verb

ill

1. will

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN