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vane

See also: Vane, vaně, vanë, and väne

English

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cat-shaped weather vane (1)
 
rotary vane pump (2)
 
vane (sense 3, key 1.) of a feather, consisting of barbs (key 3.)

Etymology

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From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”), Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”), German Low German Fahn (“flag”), German Fahne. Doublet of obsolete fane (“weathercock; banner”) and fanon.

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Noun

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vane (plural vanes)

  1. A weather vane.
  2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
  3. (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
    Synonym: vexillum
    Meronym: barb
  4. (navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
  5. (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
    Synonym: fin

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Translations

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weather vane — see weather vane

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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vane m

  1. vocative singular of van

Etymology 2

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Verb

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vane

  1. third-person singular present of vanout

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vani.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vaːnə/, [ˈvæːnə]

Noun

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vane c (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner)

  1. habit
  2. practice

Inflection

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Declension of vane
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vane vanen vaner vanerne
genitive vanes vanens vaners vanernes

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From vana +‎ -e.

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Adverb

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vane

  1. in vain, vainly
    Ŝi provis flirti kun li, sed estis vane.
    She tried to flirt with him, but it was in vain.
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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ane
  • Hyphenation: và‧ne

Adjective

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vane f pl

  1. feminine plural of vano

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Latin

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vāne

  1. vocative masculine singular of vānus

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vānē (comparative vānius, superlative vānissimē)

  1. in vain, vainly
    "dum bona vane laudata Pharisaei perierint, et peccata publicani accusata evanueritnt." Regula coenobialis
    While the good things of the vainly praised Pharisee will perish, also will the sins of the accused tax collector fade away.

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  • “vane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

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Noun

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vane

  1. Alternative form of fane (“flag, vane”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vani.

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vane m (definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vaner, definite plural vanene)

  1. a habit, custom

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse vani.

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vane m (definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vanar, definite plural vanane)

  1. a habit, custom
    • 1957, Tarjei Vesaas, Fuglane:
      Hege hadde for lang tid sidan slutta og bedi han halde seg ifrå denna trøyttande vanen.
      Hege had long ago stopped asking him to refrain from this tiresome habit.

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vane

  1. locative singular of vana (“forest; desire”)

Verb

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vane

  1. optative active singular of vanati (“to desire”)
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