fans

See also: FANS, Fans, fañs, fäns, and fåns

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Verb

fans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fan

Anagrams

• NFAs, ANFs, AFNs, nafs

Catalan

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Chinese

Etymology

From English fans.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fen¹ si²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fen¹ si²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fen¹ si²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɛːn⁵⁵ siː³⁵/

Noun

fans

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) admirer(s); supporter(s) (Classifier: 班; 個／个)

Usage notes

Contrary to English usage, fans is used even when there is only one fan, rather than fan. This is likely because the lack of plurals in the language.

Related terms

• fan屎

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

French

Noun

fans m or f

1. plural of fan

Galician

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfans/, /ˈfɛns/
• Rhymes: -ans, -ɛns
• Hyphenation: fàns

Noun

fans m or f

1. plural of fan

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of for (“speak, say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fans/, [fä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fans/, [fäns]

Participle

fāns (genitive fantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. speaking, saying

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	fāns			fantēs	fantia
Genitive	fantis			fantium
Dative	fantī			fantibus
Accusative	fantem	fāns		fantēs fantīs	fantia
Ablative	fante fantī1			fantibus
Vocative	fāns			fantēs	fantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• īnfāns

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fantes

Verb

fans

1. (non-standard since 2015) simple past of finnes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from fans, the English plural of fan, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk countable fan. Ultimately an English clipping of fanatic.

Noun

fans m (definite singular fansen, uncountable)

1. (collective, colloquial) fans

   Spørst om fansen godtar det.

   Depends on whether the fans accept it.

2. indefinite plural of fan

   Han har mange fans.

   He has many fans.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fanst (current standard form)

Verb

fans

1. past tense of finnas (non-standard since 2012)

References

• “fans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfans/ [ˈfãns]
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: fans

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Swedish

Noun

fans

1. indefinite genitive singular of fan
2. definite genitive singular of fan
3. indefinite plural of fan
4. indefinite genitive plural of fan
5. definite plural of fan
6. definite genitive plural of fan

Anagrams

• nafs