how to pronounce fan

/ˈfæn/

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fan is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of fan in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… protest i am not a fan of having to go …”

meanings of fan

noun:

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
Initialism of file area network.
A section of a tree having a finite number of branches.
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock's tail.
A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

verb:

To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
To winnow grain.
To strike out (a batter).
To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
To slap (a behind, especially).
To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
To strike out.

name:

A diminutive of Frances.

fan frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word fan occurs in english on average 88.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics fan can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that fan can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;