lân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
glân lân nglân unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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