Fang

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfæŋ/, /ˈfɑŋ/ Rhymes: -æŋ ==== Noun ==== Fang pl (plural only) A people of western Africa. ===== Translations ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Fang The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Wiktionary’s coverage of Fang (Bantu) terms Ethnologue entry for Fang, fan ⁠ Wiktionary’s coverage of Fang (Beboid) terms Ethnologue entry for Fang, fak ⁠ === Etymology 2 === The county sense is from Mandarin 房 (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin 方 (Fāng), 房 (Fáng), 芳 (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or 放 (Fǎng). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: fäng ==== Proper noun ==== Fang A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Fang. A surname from Mandarin ===== Synonyms ===== Fangxian (county) ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fang Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[10], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1203, column 2 == Fang (Bantu) == === Proper noun === Fang Fang people Fang language (Pahouin) == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vanc, ultimately from the root of fangen (“to catch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faŋ/ Rhymes: -aŋ === Noun === Fang m (strong, genitive Fanges or Fangs, plural Fänge) catch, capture booty, prey haul, draught fang, talon, claw, tusk (hunting) coup de grâce hunting, fishing (fish, whales) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Fang” in Duden online “Fang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache