fano

See also: Fano and Fanø

English

Noun

fano (plural fanos)

1. A non-singular complete algebraic variety whose anticanonical bundle is ample.

References

• A. N. Parshin, Igorʹ Rostislavovich Shafarevich (1999) Algebraic geometry V: fano varieties: “Therefore the Mori program established the important role that fano varieties play in the birational classification of algebraic varieties.”
• Alessio Corti (2007) Flips for 3-folds and 4-folds: “Shokurov conjectures that a Shokurov algebra on variety admitting a weak fano contraction is finitely generated.”

Anagrams

• ANFO, ofan, NAFO, of an

Galician

Verb

fano

1. first-person singular present indicative of fanar

Latin

Noun

fānō

1. dative/ablative singular of fānum

References

• “fano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fano in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “fano”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

Noun

fano

1. (dialectal) sea turtle

References

• Malagasy Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Madagascar – fano

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, whence also Old English fana, Old Norse fani.

Noun

fano m

1. flag, fane

Related terms

• gundfano

Descendants

• Middle High German: vane, van
  • Alemannic German: Faane
  • Cimbrian: baane
  • German: Fahne
    • → Silesian: fana
  • Hunsrik: Faan
  • Yiddish: פֿאָן (fon)

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fano. Cognates include Maori whano and Samoan fano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈha.no]
• Hyphenation: fa‧no

Verb

fano (plural olo)

1. (intransitive) to go
2. (intransitive) to leave
3. (intransitive) to perish
4. (stative) to be lost
5. (stative) to be interested
6. (stative) to be preoccupied

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 112