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English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editShort for caravan.
Noun
editvan (plural vans)
- A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
- (British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
- (dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
- (aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
- 1959, Western Aerospace, volume 39, page 46:
- Designed to be fully mobile and self-contained, the complete equipment includes an air-conditioned van containing all necessary electronic gear and a flat bed trailer in which missiles, jet engines and other large assemblies may be cleaned.
Derived terms
edit- baggage van
- box van
- brake van
- camper van
- car-body van
- conversion van
- cube van
- delivery van
- detector van
- divvy van
- dollar van
- driving van trailer
- e-van
- ferry van
- gas van
- goods van
- guard's van
- ice cream van
- loony van
- luggage van
- Luton van
- motor-van
- moving van
- ninja van
- panel van
- party van
- pedo van
- rape van
- removal van
- serial killer van
- serial-killer van
- van-courier
- van-dragger
- van-dragging
- van-girl
- white van man
Translations
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Verb
editvan (third-person singular simple present vans, present participle vanning, simple past and past participle vanned)
- (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
- 1966, United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- I have to have a license to own them, a license to train them, my jockey has to have a license to ride them, the van company must have a license to van them, and the black shoe man must have a license to shoe them.
- 1999, Bonnie Bryant, Changing Leads, page 53:
- [They] had their own horses, but they hadn't bothered to van them over to Pine Hollow for this outing.
- (Internet slang, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
- 2011, The hackers hacked: main Anonymous IRC servers invaded[1]:
- One Anon explained the reason for this, saying: "As for the domains, they were transferred to Ryan after some of us got vanned so he can keep the network up. What he did certainly wasn't the plan." (Getting "vanned" refers to getting picked up by the police.)
- 2012, FBI names, arrests Anon who infiltrated its secret conference call[2]:
- He later told CW that he had been "v&" or "vanned" by the police, and he expressed surprise that the police showed him detailed transcripts of his conversations.
- 2013, Redditor Confesses to Murder with Meme, Gets Doxed by Other Redditors, Deletes His Account and Disappears[3]:
- But not before someone supposedly forwarded all the information onto the FBI. In a last-ditch effort to avoid getting "vanned," Naratto tried to put the memie back in the bottle
- 2015 13-year-old credited with hacking CIA director’s AOL account gives bizarre, possibly final interview
- The hacker says he thinks he is about to be v&, or “vanned,” meaning being raided by law enforcement, sometime soon.
- 2016, Teen Allegedly Behind CIA, FBI Breaches: 'They're Trying to Ruin My Life.'[4]:
- On Wednesday night, Motherboard spoke to the teenager accused of being Cracka. "I got fucking v&," he told Motherboard, using "v&," the slang for "vanned," or getting arrested. (At this point, the arrest had not been made public.)
- 2017, Dark Ops: An Anonymous Story[5], page 8:
- Commander X: Yep, so now you all know how I got vanned. And you just met the snitch who did it to me.
Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editShortening of vanguard.
Noun
editvan (plural vans)
- Clipping of vanguard.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost[6], book 5, lines 588–590:
- Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd, / Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare / Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve
- 1698, Ned Ward, The London Spy:
- Then a bumper to the Queen led the van of our good wishes, another to the Church Established, a third was left to the whim of the toaster […]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
- 1965, “Virāṭa Parva”, in Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan, transl., The Mahābhārata, book 4, translation of original in Sanskrit, section 33, page 84:
- Bhīṣma then outlined the following strategy: “… Let Karṇa, clad in armour, stand in the van. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.”
Etymology 3
editFrom Cornish.
Noun
editvan (plural vans)
Verb
editvan (third-person singular simple present vans, present participle vanning, simple past and past participle vanned)
Derived terms
editEtymology 4
editFrom Latin vannus (“a van, or fan for winnowing grain”): compare French van and English fan, winnow. Doublet of fan.
Noun
editvan (plural vans)
- A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
- 1726, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, The Odyssey:
- with strange amaze / A shepherd meeting thee, the oar surveys, / And names a van (Book XI)
- A wing with which the air is beaten.
- 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 108–109, lines 578–580:
- So Satan fell; and ſtrait a fiery Globe / Of Angels on full ſail of wing flew nigh, / Who on their plumy Vans receiv'd him ſoft […]
- 1717, John Dryden, Ovid's Metamorphoses, book XII:
- He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain; / His vans no longer could his flight sustain.
- 1930, T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday:
- Because these wings are no longer wings to fly / But merely vans to beat the air […]
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Van”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.
- “van”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “van”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editPreposition
editvan
See also
editParticle
editvan
- (used with a following definite article) some of (the)
- Van die wêreld se beste wyne kom van hierdie streek af.
- Some of the world’s best wines are from this region.
- Ons het met van die belangrikste politieke leiers gespreek.
- We have spoken to some of the most important political leaders.
Antillean Creole
editEtymology
editNoun
editvan
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editvan
- third-person plural present indicative of anar
- Van al cinema. ― They go to the cinema.
- (auxiliary, with infinitive) third-person plural present indicative of anar
- Van anar al cinema. ― They went to the cinema.
Chinese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvan
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, often in compounds) van; minibus; vehicle (Classifier: 架 c)
Derived terms
editCzech
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editvan m inan
Declension
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editvan f
Further reading
editDanish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse vanr (pl vanir (“one of two groups of gods in Norse mythology”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvan c (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner)
- one of the Vanir
Inflection
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvan c (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner)
Inflection
editEtymology 3
editFrom Old Norse vanr (“wont, accustomed”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editvan
- (dated) pleje van – nurse, take care of
Usage notes
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch van, from Old Dutch fan (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fanē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂poneh₁ (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo, *h₂pó (“off, of”). Cognate with Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Old Frisian fan, fon (“from”), Old High German fona, fon (“from”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /vɑn/
- (Northern) [fɑn]
- (Suriname) [fan]
Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: van
- Rhymes: -ɑn
Preposition
editvan
- of (possession, property)
- de hoed van het meisje
- the hat of the girl
- het gewicht van een olifant
- the weight of an elephant
- of (general association)
- Zij was van adel.
- She was of noble stock.
- een stad van één miljoen inwoners
- a city of one million inhabitants
- Hij is een man van eer.
- He's a man of honour.
- Dat is hier niet van toepassing.
- That's not applicable here.
- de trein van tien uur
- the train of ten o'clock
- by, of (creator)
- een schilderij van Rubens
- a painting by Rubens
- een plaat van de Beatles
- a record of the Beatles
- from (origin)
- Hij komt van Griekenland.
- He's from Greece.
- from (starting point of a movement or change)
- Hij ging van deur tot deur.
- He went from door to door.
- van vader op zoon.
- from father to son.
- from (starting point in time)
- van toen af aan.
- from then onwards
- van 's avonds laat tot 's morgens vroeg
- from late at night till the early morning
- van dag tot dag
- from day to day
- from, off (removal of something from off something else)
- het vlees van de beenderen snijden.
- to cut the meat from the bones
- of, out of, from, with (cause)
- sidderen van angst
- to tremble with fear
- tranen van geluk
- tears of joy
- of, out of, with (material or resource)
- Deze tafel is gemaakt van hout.
- This table is made (out) of wood.
- Van dit geld kan ik een basgitaar kopen.
- With this money I'm able to buy a bass.
- of, out of, among (out of a larger whole; partitive)
- de jongste van zijn dochters
- the youngest of his daughters
- Van alle mensen ben ik de mooiste.
- Out of all people I am the most beautiful.
- Drink niet te veel van dat bier, het is erg sterk.
- Don't drink too much of that beer, it is very strong.
- from, was, formerly (indicating a change in price)
- van 5 €, voor 3 €
- was €5, now €3
- (colloquial) like (quotative (used to introduce direct speech))
- Ik dacht van hé wat gek. — I thought, hey, how strange.
Inflection
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: van
- Berbice Creole Dutch: fan
- Javindo: fan
- Jersey Dutch: vān, fān, f'n
- Negerhollands: van, fan, fa
- → Virgin Islands Creole: fam
- Skepi Creole Dutch: fan
Adverb
editvan
- of, from
- Ik neem er tien van. — I’ll take ten of them.
- from
- Ik vertrek van daar. — I’ll start from there.
- by, from
- Ik word er gek van. — It drives me crazy.
- Men wordt daar sloom van. — It turns one numb.
- of, about
- Wat zegt u daar van? — What do you say about that?
- Ik weet daar niks van. — I don’t know anything about that.
Derived terms
editNoun
edit- A surname or nickname beginning with the preposition van.
- Any surname.
- Synonyms: achternaam, familienaam
See also
editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editvan m (plural vans)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editvan m (plural vans)
- a horse trailer
- Adolphe de Neuter, Mémoires d'un entraîneur, volume 1: La casaque rose, Paris: Imprimerie Kapp, 1925, p. 145
- C’est à l’occasion du Saint-Léger gagné par Elis que l’on usa pour la première fois d’un van comme mode de locomotion pour les chevaux. Ce fut l’occasion d’un coup monstre.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ils leur ont montré comment faire monter un cheval dans un van, le lâcher, effectuer les premiers soins de sauvetage avant l’arrivée du vétérinaire.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Adolphe de Neuter, Mémoires d'un entraîneur, volume 1: La casaque rose, Paris: Imprimerie Kapp, 1925, p. 145
Further reading
edit- “van”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese vão (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vānus (“empty”). Cognate with Portuguese vão and Spanish vano.
Adjective
editvan (feminine va, masculine plural vans, feminine plural vas)
- empty, devoid of content, containing only air
- useless, ineffective
- (of a person) vacuous, trivial-minded
Noun
editvan m (plural vans)
Derived terms
editVerb
editvan
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vão”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vão”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “van”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “van”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “van”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Gallo
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editvan m (plural vans)
Haitian Creole
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvan
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Hungarian vagyon. See Hungarian volt.
- Forms beginning with v- are from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- (“to be”). Cognate with Northern Mansi о̄луӈкве (ōluňkwe), Finnish olla and Estonian olema. Compare inflected forms such as volt, volna, való and Old Hungarian vola or vala. See also vagy for the stem in present tense.
- Forms beginning with l- are from Proto-Finno-Ugric *le- (“to become”). Cognate with Finnish lienee (potential of olla), Karelian lienöy (potential of olla), Northern Sami leat.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editvan
- (copulative) to be
- Antonym: nem…
- Boldog vagyok. ― I am happy.
- there to be, to exist
- to have; someone (-nak/-nek) has something (-a/-e/-ja/-je)
- Péternek van egy kutyája. ― Peter has a dog.
- to be made (out) of something (with -ból/-ből)
- Synonym: készült
- Ez az ajtó fából van. ― This door is made out of wood.
- (auxiliary, construed with -va/-ve (adverbial participle) of the main verb) to be (indicating the statal passive)
- A lakásom biztosítva van. (from biztosítva ← biztosít) ― My apartment (flat) is (has been) insured.
- A probléma meg van oldva. (from megoldva ← megold) ― The issue is (has been) solved.
- 1846, János Arany, translated by Anton N. Nyerges, Toldi[7], canto 6, stanza 13:
- „Szakmány módra van rám mérve minden óra: / Jöttem kegyelmedhez búcsuvevő szóra.”
- “Every hour is measured as though by contract. / I come to bid you now farewell.”
Usage notes
editThe functions of this verb don’t fully overlap with the usage of corresponding verbs of other languages (compare Spanish ser, estar or Thai คือ (kʉʉ), เป็น (bpen), อยู่ (yùu)):
- Van egy törpe a zsebemben. or Törpe van a zsebemben. ― There is a dwarf in my pocket. – existence (used with an indefinite subject)
- [Nekem] van egy zsebtörpém. ― I have a pocket-dwarf. (literally, “[to me] there is a pocket-dwarf-my”) – possession
- A törpe a zsebemben van. ― The dwarf is in my pocket. – location (used with a prepositional phrase in English)
- A törpe jól van. ― The dwarf is well. – state, condition (used with an adverb in English)
- A törpe kicsi ∅. ― The dwarf is small. – copula (used with an adjective or a noun as part of the predicate)
- As we can see, the verb is omitted in the last sentence. It happens only in the given sense and only in the present-tense third-person singular and plural forms (“he/she/it” and “they”):
- When used with an adjective (qualification) or a noun (whether with the definite or the indefinite article), i.e. when it answers the question who? or what? (including what …… like?) or which?, the (indicative present third-person) forms van and vannak are omitted:
- Béla okos. ― Béla is clever.
- Béla a király. ― Béla is the king.
- Béla egy ember. ― Béla is a human.
- On the other hand, if is or are answers the question where? or how?, these verb forms will appear as usual:
- Béla itt van. ― Béla is here.
- Béla jól van. ― Béla is (feeling) well.
- It also appears if van/vannak is the focus of the sentence. This happens when the sentence means that the property described by the adjective (e.g. strength) reaches or exceeds some specified level and this is emphasized by the speaker. In this case, the adjective is preceded by a word like olyan (“such”), annyira (“that much”), elég (“enough”).
- Béla van annyira erős, hogy felemelje a szekrényt. ― Béla is strong enough to lift the cupboard.
- The forms other than van and vannak are always used.
- Béla okos volt. ― Béla was clever.
- Okos vagyok. ― I am clever.
- In other senses, all forms are used:
- With adverbs and adverbial participles (suffixed -va/-ve)
- Hogy van? ― How is he? (also How are you?, formal singular)
- El van törve. ― It is broken.
- When used with an adjective (qualification) or a noun (whether with the definite or the indefinite article), i.e. when it answers the question who? or what? (including what …… like?) or which?, the (indicative present third-person) forms van and vannak are omitted:
- The negative form is nincs or nincsen and sincs or sincsen (the latter two expressing “is not … either”).
- Nincs pénzem. ― I don't have any money.
- Itt sincs étel. ― There 'isn’t any food here either.
- If the predicate includes an adjective or a noun, that is, if it answers the question who, what etc. (see above), the third person present forms are omitted again, only nem remains:
- Béla nem tanár. ― Béla is not a teacher.
(exist, there is, to have): (have is expressed by there is in Hungarian):
- Van egy ház a hegyen. ― There is a house on the mountain.
- Van egy kutyám. ― I have a dog. (literally, “There is a dog-[of]-mine.”)
Conjugation
edit1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative Mood | Present | Indefinite | vagyok | vagy | van | vagyunk | vagytok | vannak |
Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
Past | Indefinite | voltam | voltál | volt | voltunk | voltatok | voltak | |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Future | Indefinite | leszek | leszel | lesz | leszünk | lesztek | lesznek | |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Conditional Mood | Present | Indefinite | lennék or volnék |
lennél or volnál |
lenne or volna |
lennénk or volnánk |
lennétek or volnátok |
lennének or volnának |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Past | Indefinite | lettem volna | lettél volna | lett volna | lettünk volna | lettetek volna | lettek volna | |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive Mood | Present | Indefinite | legyek | légy or legyél |
legyen | legyünk | legyetek | legyenek |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | lenni | lennem | lenned | lennie | lennünk | lennetek | lenniük | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
lét | levő or lévő | volt | leendő | léve or lévén | lehet |
Derived terms
edit(With verbal prefixes):
- azon van
- benne van, benne van a korban
- egálban van
- észnél van
- faséban van
- fenn/fent van
- fogytán van
- függőben van
- hogy van?
- jóban van
- kész van ~ készen van
- készenlétben van
- kéznél van
- láb alatt van
- magánál van
- oda van (and odavan)
- rendben van
- résen van
- rosszban van
- szabadlábon van
- talpon van
- tele van, tele van a hócipője
- tisztában van
- torkig van
- útban van and úton van
- zavarban van
Further reading
edit- (all verb senses): van in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([dialectal] synonym of the noun vagyon): van in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Iban
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvan
Interlingua
editAdjective
editItalian
editAdjective
editvan (apocopated)
Manx
editEtymology
editNoun
editvan f (genitive singular van, plural vannyn)
- van (vehicle)
Synonyms
editMiddle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch fan, from Proto-Germanic *fanē.
Preposition
editvan
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “van”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “van (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Mòcheno
editContraction
editvan
References
edit- “van” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editvan (neuter vant, definite singular and plural vane)
- being used to (doing) something
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editvan m (definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vaner or vanar, definite plural vanene or vanane)
Etymology 3
editBorrowed from Dutch van (“of, from”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fanē. Doublet of von.
Preposition
editvan
References
edit- “van” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
editPolish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English van.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvan m inan
- van (covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus)
- Synonym: pojazd wielozadaniowy
- Hyponym: minivan
Declension
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English van.
Pronunciation
edit
- Homophones: Van, vã (Brazil)
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Noun
editvan f (plural vans)
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin vānus, Italian vano.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvan m or n (feminine singular vană, masculine plural vani, feminine and neuter plural vane)
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editvȁn (Cyrillic spelling ва̏н)
Preposition
editvȁn (Cyrillic spelling ва̏н) (+ genitive case)
Adverb
editvȃn (Cyrillic spelling ва̑н)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editvan m (plural vanes)
- van (vehicle)
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin vadunt, third-person plural present indicative of vadō (“to go”).
Verb
editvan
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse vanr, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wāno-.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvan (comparative vanare, superlative vanast)
- accustomed to, used to, having the habit to
- Han är van vid att stiga upp klockan sju varje morgon.
- He is used to getting up at seven every morning.
- experienced, adept
- Hon är en van bilförare.
- She is an experienced driver.
Declension
editInflection of van | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | van | vanare | vanast |
Neuter singular | vant | vanare | vanast |
Plural | vana | vanare | vanast |
Masculine plural3 | vane | vanare | vanast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vane | vanare | vanaste |
All | vana | vanare | vanaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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editTagalog
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English van, short for caravan.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈvan/ [ˈvan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: van
Noun
editvan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔)
- van (covered vehicle)
Further reading
edit- “van”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Vietnamese
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editVerb
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
edit(classifier cái) van
Etymology 3
editNoun
editvan
Synonyms
edit- (waltz): van-xơ
Usage notes
editSouthern speakers pronounce the loanwords meaning "valve" and "waltz" with the phoneme /n/, not /ŋ/.
Yola
editAdverb
editvan
- Alternative form of fan
- 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 10:
- Van a vierd durst a bargher an a haar galshied too,
- When a weasel crossed the road, and a hare gazed at me too,
References
edit- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129
Zou
editNoun
editvan
References
edit- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 46
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