lân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləŋ˧˧]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 磷 (“phosphorus”).

    Noun

    lân

    1. (dated) 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
    • photpho, phôtpho, phốt-pho, phô-xpho

    Etymology 2

    Clipping of kì lân (“qilin”).

    Noun

    (classifier con) 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.)

    Verb

    lân

    1. (only in compounds) to encroach

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /laːn/

    Adjective

    lân

    1. soft mutation of glân

    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 Frisian land, lond, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /lɔːn/

    Noun

    lân n (plural lannen, diminutive lantsje)

    1. land
    2. country

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “lân”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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