Fan

Shortening of Fanny, itself a short form of Frances.

Fan

1. A diminutive of Frances.
   • 1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny Herself (page 173)

     Listen, Fan. That cowardly, sickly little boy you fought for in the street, that day in Winnebago, showed every sign of growing up a cowardly, sickly man.

From Mandarin 范 (Fàn).

Fan

1. A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
   • 1966, Tien-chien Hwang, Communist China's Setbacks and Internal Tensions in 1965‎, volume 2, OCLC 2422226, OL 17997023M, page 34:

     In a report boasting of the rich supply of commodities in Fan County of Honan Province , the Peiping Ta Kung Pao of 1 December 1965 pointed out: “ Within 10 days before the autumn festival of this year, the commercial organs in Fan County[...]

   • 2003, Zhang, Yingpin (张英聘), “Chasing the Deer on the Central Plains Seeking Control of the Empire”, in 中国历史与文明 [The History and Civilization of China]‎, →ISBN, OCLC 60520857, page 38:

     In 341 B. C., King Wei of Qi chose Tian Ji and Tian Ying as general, Sun Bin as military counselor to lead the troops in fighting against Wei to rescue Han. Again, they gave Wei a severe blow at Maling (to the southwest of modern Fan County, Henan Province).

   • 2019, Liu, Luwen; et al., “Initial Experience of the Synchronized, Real-Time, Interactive, Remote Transthoracic Echocardiogram Consultation System in Rural China: Longitudinal Observational Study”, in JMIR Medical Informatics‎, volume 7, number 3, DOI:10.2196/14248, ISSN 2291-9694, OCLC 920440506:

     The average trip expense per time for each patient from Fan County People’s Hospital of Puyang City or Zhenping County People’s Hospital of Nanyang City to Henan Provincial People’s Hospital by common transportation vehicles was 100 RMB.

• AFN, ANF, FNA, NAF, NFA

Borrowed from English fan, short for fanatic.

• IPA^(key): [fɛn]

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• Homophone: Fenn

Fan m (strong, genitive Fans, plural Fans)

1. fan, devotee

   Synonyms: Anhänger, Bewunderer, Getreuer, Jünger, Sympathisant, Verehrer

   Antonyms: Gegner, Nichtfan

   ein riesiger Fan. ― a huge fan.

• Person, Mensch

• Fanartikel, Fanbetreuer, Fangemeinde, Fanklub, Fankurve, Fanmeile, Fanshop, Fanzine, Fußballfan

• “Fan” in Duden online
• “Fan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [faːn˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [faːn˦]

Fan

1. France (a country in Europe)

• Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội