different between wan vs lean

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?n, IPA^(key): /li?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophone: lien

Etymology 1

From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *hlin?n? (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ley-. Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.

Verb

lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned or (UK) leant)

1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

2. (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
4. To hang outwards.
5. To press against.

Derived terms

Related terms

• climate
• cline

Translations

Noun

lean (plural leans)

1. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.

   The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.

Synonyms

• (inclination away from vertical): tilt

Etymology 2

From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hl?ne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hl?nan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijan? (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).

Adjective

lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest)

1. (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

   Synonyms: lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender

2. (of meat) Having little fat.

3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

   Synonyms: insufficient, scarce, sparse; see also Thesaurus:inadequate

4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

   Synonyms: deficient, dilute, poor

   Antonym: rich

5. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.

6. (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"

Derived terms

• leanness
• leansome

Translations

Noun

lean (countable and uncountable, plural leans)

1. (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
   • 1639 or earlier, Anon, Jack Sprat

     Jack Sprat would eat no fat, / His wife would eat no lean.

2. (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
   • 1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints (issue 1)

     The intermediates and leans are the predominant morphotypes found at the SE-NHR seamounts […]

   • 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional (page 56)

     Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.

Verb

lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)

1. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.

Etymology 3

From Icelandic leyna? Akin to German leugnen (“deny”). Compare lie (“speak falsely”).

Verb

lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)

1. To conceal.

References

Etymology 4

Probably from the verb to lean (see etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to "lean".

Noun

lean (uncountable)

1. (slang, US) A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

   Synonyms: sizzurp, syrup, purple drank

See also

• lean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• lean in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lean in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lena, Nale, Neal, elan, enal, lane, nale, neal, élan

Galician

Verb

lean

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of ler

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin lin? (“anoint”), l?mus (“mud, slime”), Sanskrit ?????? (lin?ti, “sticks, stays”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l?an??/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l??an?/, /l??an??/

Verb

lean (present analytic leanann, future analytic leanfaidh, verbal noun leanúint, past participle leanta)

1. (transitive, intransitive) follow
2. continue

3. remain
4. endure

Conjugation

• Alternative verbal noun: leanacht (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• folean
• leantóir

Further reading

• "lean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lenaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?lea?n/

Verb

lean

1. inflection of leat:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. past indicative connegative

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ???n/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laun?, from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *leh?w- (“catch, plunder, profit”). Cognate with Old Frisian l?n, Old Saxon l?n, Dutch loon, Old High German l?n (German Lohn), Old Norse laun (Swedish lön), Gothic ???????????????? (laun). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ???? (leía) (from *?????), Latin lucrum, Old Church Slavonic ???? (lov?) (Russian ??? (lov)), Old Irish lóg, Lithuanian lãvinti.

Noun

l?an n

1. reward

Declension

Derived terms

• i?l?an

Related terms

• l?anian

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *lahan?. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse lá, Gothic ???????????????????? (laian).

Verb

l?an

1. (transitive) to blame, fault, reproach

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle English: *l?en (attested in past tense lough)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin lin? (“anoint”), Sanskrit ?????? (lin?ti, “sticks, stays”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/

Verb

lean (past lean, future leanaidh, verbal noun leantainn or leanmhainn, past participle leanta)

1. follow
2. continue, proceed

Derived terms

• fo-leantach (“subjunctive”)
• lean air (“continue”)
• ainlean (“persecute”)

Spanish

Verb

lean

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of leer.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of leer.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of leer.

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

lean n (plural leanen, diminutive leantsje)

1. wage, wages, salary
2. reward

Further reading

• “lean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011