lân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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 qilin.

Noun

(classifier con) lân

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

Verb

lân

  1. (only in compounds) to encroach

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laːn/

Adjective

lân

  1. Soft mutation of glân.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian land, lond, 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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