TERMINE PREFERITO
Fan
DEFINIZIONE
- n. From the Old English "fann" "fon" "fonnæ" and the Middle English "fanne" "phan" "vanne" and the Latin "vannus". It refers to an instrument hold by hand or agitating the air, to cool the face, etc. with an artificial breeze. It is constructed so as to admit of being folded up in small compass, its form when unfolded being that of a sector of a circle.
CONCETTO PIÙ GENERALE
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford
IN ALTRE LINGUE
Éventail
francese
Ventaglio
italiano
Abanico
spagnolo
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/876
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