See also: cuan, cuàn, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Aragonese

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Adverb

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cuán

  1. when

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish cúán. By surface analysis, +‎ -án.

Noun

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cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. diminutive of (hound, greyhound)
Derived terms
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  • cuain f (litter of puppies)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. Alternative form of cumhán ((fit of) lonesomeness; anxiety, sorrow)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuán chuán gcuán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Romanization

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cuán (cuan2, Zhuyin ㄘㄨㄢˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𭄛
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𰏁
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwan/ [ˈkwãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: cuán

Adverb

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cuán

  1. accented form of cuan (used when interrogative or exclamatory)
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Si siguieras mis indicaciones que son las de una madre desinteresada, y se ajustan al criterio de tu padre y a la voluntad de tu santo tío, entonces, querida Gloria, ¡cuán distinta sería tu situación ante Dios y ante los hombres!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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