lân

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 磷 (“phosphorus”)Category:Sino-Vietnamese words#LAN.

    Noun

    lânCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#LANCategory:Vietnamese nouns#LANCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#LANCategory:Pages with entries#LÂNCategory:Pages with 3 entries#LÂN

    1. (datedCategory:Vietnamese dated terms#LAN) phosphorus
    Usage notes
    • lân is only used in lân tinh (“phosphorus”, now dated), and when referring to fertilizer, as in NPK, also known as đạm-lân-kali ("nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium")
    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

    Clipping of kì lân (“qilin”)Category:Vietnamese clippings#LAN.

    Noun

    (classifier con) Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by conlânCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#LANCategory:Vietnamese nouns#LANCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#LANCategory:Pages with entries#LÂNCategory:Pages with 3 entries#LÂN

    1. the qilin, one of the four sacred beasts, along with the dragon, the tortoise and the fenghuang

    Etymology 3

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Vietnamese entries#LAN

    Verb

    lânCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#LANCategory:Vietnamese verbs#LANCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#LANCategory:Pages with entries#LÂNCategory:Pages with 3 entries#LÂN

    1. (only in compounds) to encroach

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    lânCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#LANCategory:Welsh mutated adjectives#LANCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#LANCategory:Pages with entries#LÂNCategory:Pages with 3 entries#LÂN

    1. soft mutation of glânCategory:Welsh soft-mutation forms#GLAN

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of glân
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    glân lân nglân unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    West Frisian

    Etymology

    From Old FrisianCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian#LANCategory:West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#LAN land, lond, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#LANCategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#LAN *land, from Proto-GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#LANCategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LAN *landą, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LAN *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lân n (plural lannen, diminutive lantsje)Category:West Frisian lemmas#LANCategory:West Frisian nouns#LANCategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#LANCategory:West Frisian neuter nouns#LANCategory:Pages with entries#LÂNCategory:Pages with 3 entries#LÂN

    1. land
    2. country

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “lân”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
    Category:Pages with 3 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for etymologies in Vietnamese entries Category:Sino-Vietnamese words Category:Vietnamese clippings Category:Vietnamese dated terms Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese nouns Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by con Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Vietnamese terms with audio pronunciation Category:Vietnamese verbs Category:Welsh mutated adjectives Category:Welsh non-lemma forms Category:Welsh soft-mutation forms Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation Category:West Frisian lemmas Category:West Frisian neuter nouns Category:West Frisian nouns Category:West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian Category:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic Category:West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian Category:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic Category:West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation