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fang

See also: FANG, Fang, fáng, fàng, fāng, Fāng, and fǎng

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EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fængtōþ, fengtōþ (“canine tooth”, literally “snag-tooth, catch-tooth”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand.

NounEdit

fang (plural fangs)

  1. a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
  2. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
  2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
    • Philips
      chariots fanged with scythes

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English fangen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).

VerbEdit

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
  3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
  4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
  5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
SynonymsEdit
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Etymology 3Edit

From Middle English fang, feng (“a catching, capture, seizing”), from Old English fang, feng (“grip, embrace, grasp, grasping, capture, prey, booty, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with Scots fang (“that which is taken, capture, catch, prey, booty”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).

NounEdit

fang (plural fangs)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
  2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
  3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
    • Evelyn
      the protuberant fangs of the yucca
  4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
  5. (rare, in the plural) Cage-shuts.
  6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
  7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Of Germanic origin, from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰 (fanga, “mud, addle, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *fangō (“wetness, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *penk- (“mud, rot, filth”). Cognate with French fange (“mud, mire”) (from Germanic), German feucht (“moist, damp”), Dutch vocht (“moisture, humidity”), Old English fūht (“moist, damp”), Swedish fukt (“moisture, humidity”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fang m (plural fangs)

  1. mud

See alsoEdit

DanishEdit

VerbEdit

fang

  1. imperative of fange
    1. Catch.
    2. Capture.
      Fang mig! ― Catch me!

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fang

  1. Imperative singular of fangen.

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fang (“catch; embrace, hold”), from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch”), from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to take, to seize; to catch, to capture”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fang n (genitive singular fangs, nominative plural föng)

  1. embrace, hold, grasp
    Synonym: faðmur
  2. (in the plural) provisions
    Synonym: vistir

DeclensionEdit

declension of fang
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fang fangið föng föngin
accusative fang fangið föng föngin
dative fangi fanginu föngum föngunum
genitive fangs fangsins fanga fanganna

Related termsEdit

  • fá (“to get, to receive”)
  • fengur (“catch; benefit, gain”)

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

fang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fáng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fàng.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga or fangene)

  1. lap

VerbEdit

fang

  1. imperative of fange

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse fang

NounEdit

fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga)

  1. lap

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

fang

  1. imperative of fanga

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑnɡ/, [ˈfɑŋɡ]

NounEdit

fang m

  1. plunder, booty

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fang (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fang fangas
accusative fang fangas
genitive fanges fanga
dative fange fangum

Related termsEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish fang (compare Welsh gwanc (“voracity”))

NounEdit

fang f (genitive singular fainge, plural fangan)

  1. vulture
  2. raven

ReferencesEdit

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “fang” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology 2Edit

Origin uncertain

NounEdit

fang

  1. fank, sheep pen
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