vane

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”), Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”), German Low German Fahn (“flag”), German Fahne. Doublet of obsolete fane (“weathercock; banner”) and fanon. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /veɪn/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ven/ (Wales, without the pane–pain merger) IPA(key): /veːn/ Rhymes: -eɪn Homophones: vain, vein (both pane–pain merger) === Noun === vane (plural vanes) A weather vane. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid. (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. Synonym: vexillum Meronym: barb (navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass. (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile. Synonym: fin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === weather vane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === nave, e-van, Neva, neva, Nave, Evan, Aven, aven, Vena, vena == Albanian == === Noun === vane indefinite dative/ablative singular of vanë == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvanɛ] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== vane m vocative singular of van === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== vane third-person singular present of vanout == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse vani. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaːnə/, [ˈvæːnə] === Noun === vane c (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner) habit practice Coordinate term: sædvane ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== uvane vanemæssig ==== References ==== “vane” in Den Danske Ordbog “vane” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Esperanto == === Etymology === From vana + -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvane/ Rhymes: -ane Syllabification: va‧ne === Adverb === vane in vain, vainly ==== Related terms ==== vana (“fruitless”) === Further reading === “vane”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “vane”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈva.ne/ Rhymes: -ane Hyphenation: và‧ne === Adjective === vane f pl feminine plural of vano === Anagrams === Neva, nave, vena == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwaː.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvaː.ne] === Adjective === vāne vocative masculine singular of vānus === Adverb === vānē (comparative vānius, superlative vānissimē) in vain, vainly "dum bona vane laudata Pharisaei perierint, et peccata publicani accusata evanueritnt." Regula coenobialis While the good things of the vainly praised Pharisee will perish, also will the sins of the accused tax collector fade away. === References === “vane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vane”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Noun === vane alternative form of fane (“flag, vane”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse vani. === Noun === vane m (definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vaner, definite plural vanene) a habit, custom ==== Derived terms ==== matvane === References === “vane” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse vani. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ʋɑːnə/ === Noun === vane m (definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vanar, definite plural vanane) a habit, custom ==== Derived terms ==== matvane === References === “vane” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Noun === vane locative singular of vana (“forest; desire”) === Verb === vane optative active singular of vanati (“to desire”)