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

Aragonese edit

Adverb edit

cuán

  1. when

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. Diminutive of (hound, greyhound)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
  • cuain f (litter of puppies)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

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

Declension edit

Mutation edit

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.

Further reading edit

Mandarin edit

Alternative forms edit

Romanization edit

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
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Adverb edit

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)

Further reading edit