villan

See also: Villan and villán

English

Noun

villan (plural villans)

  1. Obsolete form of villain.

References

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

villan

  1. genitive singular of villa

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1805. From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric stem as világ and villog + -an (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvilːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: vil‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

villan

  1. (intransitive) to flash, glint (to gleam briefly)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • villanás
With verbal prefixes
  • átvillan
  • belevillan
  • bevillan
  • felvillan
  • keresztülvillan
  • kivillan
  • megvillan
  • összevillan
  • rávillan
  • visszavillan

References

  1. villan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • villan 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

Swedish

Noun

villan

  1. definite singular of villa
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