lan
BasqueEdit
NounEdit
lan inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lan (inanimate)
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Derived termsEdit
Haitian CreoleEdit
ArticleEdit
lan
Usage notesEdit
Use this word only after a word that ends with a nasal vowel and an oral (non-nasal) consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.
See alsoEdit
JavaneseEdit
ConjunctionEdit
lan
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-; cognate with Upper Sorbian len, Polish len, Czech len, Russian лён (ljon), Old Church Slavonic льнѣнъ (lĭněnŭ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lan m (diminutive lank)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- lan in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
- lan in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
lan
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.
Middle IrishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
lan
- Alternative spelling of lán
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English LAN, acronym of local area network.
NounEdit
lan n (definite singular lanet, indefinite plural lan, definite plural lana)
- (networking) a LAN
- (computing) a LAN party
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Cf. “lan” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
AnagramsEdit
NovialEdit
DeterminerEdit
lan
PronounEdit
lan
Related termsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From a Slavic form; compare Ukrainian лан (lan).
NounEdit
lan n (plural lanuri)
- field (arable land)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.
NounEdit
lȁn m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏н)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
TetumEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese lã, from Old Portuguese lãa (“wool”), from Latin lāna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
NounEdit
lan
TurkishEdit
InterjectionEdit
lan
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *laaɲ (“to spread; to be propagated”); cognate with Bahnar lanh (“to spread”), Khasi laiñ-laiñ (“from place to place”), Mon သၞာန် (hənan, “to spread”) (through a prefixed form). Compare also tràn (“to overflow”).
VerbEdit
lan
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘭.
NounEdit
(classifier cây, bông, hoa) lan
WabEdit
NounEdit
lan
Further readingEdit
- John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
The sense of "up, upwards" comes from an abbreviation of the phrase i'r lan "to the shore, ashore; upwards".
PrepositionEdit
lan
AdverbEdit
lan
- (South Wales) up, upwards
NounEdit
lan
- Soft mutation of glan (“shore, bank”).
Derived termsEdit
- lanlwytho (“to upload”)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
glan | lan | nglan | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
lan
- Soft mutation of llan (“church”).
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
llan | lan | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
WestrobothnianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse *lǫ́n, from Proto-Germanic *laihwną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lan
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
lan
- Alternative spelling of land
YámanaEdit
NounEdit
lan
ZhuangEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“nephew; niece; grandchild”). Cognate with Thai หลาน (lǎan), Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຫຼານ (lān), Lü ᦜᦱᧃ (l̇aan), Tai Dam ꪨꪱꪙ, Shan လၢၼ် (lǎan), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥢᥴ (láan), Ahom 𑜎𑜃𑜫 (lan), Saek หล่าน.
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /laːn˨˦/
- Tone numbers: lan1
- Hyphenation: lan
NounEdit
lan (classifier boux, Sawndip forms 𭓀 or 𰌮 or 𭓎 or 𬞕, old orthography lan)