vane

See also:Vane,vaně,vanë,andväne

English

cat-shapedweather vane(1)

rotary vane pump (2)

vane (sense 3, key 1.) of a feather, consisting ofbarbs(key 3.)

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishvane,Southern Middle English variant offane,fromOld Englishfana(“cloth, banner, flag”),fromProto-West Germanic*fanō,fromProto-Germanic*fanô,fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂n-(“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”).

Cognate withSaterland FrisianFoone(“flag, banner”),Dutchvaan(“banner, flag”),German Low GermanFahn(“flag”),GermanFahne.Doubletof obsoletefane(“weathercock; banner”)andfanon.

Pronunciation

• (UK,US)IPA^(key):/veɪn/

  • Audio(Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes:-eɪn
• Homophones:vain,vein

Noun

vane(pluralvanes)

1. Aweather vane.
2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfacesradiallymountedalong anaxis,as a blade in aturbineor a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn afluid.
3. (ornithology)Theflattened,web-like part of afeather,consisting of a series ofbarbson either side of theshaft.

   Synonym:vexillum

   Meronym:barb

4. (navigation)Asighton asextantorcompass.
5. (weaponry)One of the metalguidanceorstabilizingfinsattached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

   Synonym:fin

Derived terms

• Cooper vane
• wind vane

Translations

weather vane—seeweather vane

curved surface radially mounted along an axis

• Bulgarian:лопаткаf(lopatka)
• Catalan:aspaf
• Finnish:siipi(fi);lapa(fi)
• French:pale(fr)f
• Galician:pena(gl)f,pelaf
• Georgian:ხრახნის ლაპოტა(xraxnis laṗoṭa)
• German:Flügel(de)m,Schaufel(de)f,Drehflügelm
• Italian:aletta(it)f,pala(it)f
• Portuguese:aletaf
• Russian:ло́пасть(ru)f(lópastʹ)
• Spanish:aspa(es)f
• Swedish:skena(sv)c

ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather

• Catalan:bandera(ca),vexil·la
• Finnish:höyty
• French:étendard(fr)m,vexillum(fr)m
• Galician:vexilom
• German:Fahne(de)f,Federfahnef,Vexillumn
• Portuguese:vexilo(pt)m
• Spanish:vexilom

sight on a sextant or compass

metal guidance or stabilizing fin

• Finnish:siiveke(fi)
• French:ailette(fr)f
• Italian:aletta(it)f
• Russian:стабилизатор(ru)m(stabilizator)

Further reading

• weather vaneon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nave,e-van,Neva,neva,Nave,Evan,Aven,aven,Vena,vena

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈvanɛ]

Etymology 1

Noun

vanem

1. vocativesingularofvan

Etymology 2

Verb

vane

1. third-personsingularpresentofvanout

Danish

Etymology

FromOld Norsevani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/vaːnə/,[ˈvæːnə]

Noun

vanec(singular definitevanen,plural indefinitevaner)

1. habit
2. practice

Inflection

Declension ofvane

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vane	vanen	vaner	vanerne
genitive	vanes	vanens	vaners	vanernes

Esperanto

Etymology

Fromvana+‎-e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈvane]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ane
• Hyphenation: va‧ne

Adverb

vane

1. in vain,vainly

   Ŝi provis flirti kun li, sed estisvane.

   She tried to flirt with him, but it wasin vain.

Related terms

• vana(“fruitless”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈva.ne/
• Rhymes:-ane
• Hyphenation:và‧ne

Adjective

vanefpl

1. femininepluralofvano

Anagrams

• Neva,nave,vena

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈu̯aː.ne/,[ˈu̯äːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈva.ne/,[ˈväːne]

Adjective

vāne

1. vocativemasculinesingularofvānus

Adverb

vānē(comparativevānius,superlativevānissimē)

1. in vain,vainly

   "dum bonavanelaudata 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”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vaneinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

vane

1. Alternative form offane(“flag, vane”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromOld Norsevani.

Noun

vanem(definite singularvanen,indefinite pluralvaner,definite pluralvanene)

1. ahabit,custom

Derived terms

• matvane

References

• “vane”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

FromOld Norsevani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/²ʋɑːnə/

Noun

vanem(definite singularvanen,indefinite pluralvanar,definite pluralvanane)

1. ahabit,custom
   • 1957,Tarjei Vesaas,Fuglane:

     Hege hadde for lang tid sidan slutta og bedi han halde seg ifrå denna trøyttandevanen.

     Hege had long ago stopped asking him to refrain from this tiresomehabit.

Derived terms

• matvane

References

• “vane”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀦𑁂(Brahmi script)
• वने(Devanagari script)
• ৰনে(Bengali script)
• වනෙ(Sinhalese script)
• ဝနေorဝၼေ(Burmese script)
• วเนorวะเน(Thai script)
• ᩅᨶᩮ(Tai Tham script)
• ວເນorວະເນ(Lao script)
• វនេ(Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄚𑄬(Chakma script)

Noun

vane

1. locativesingularofvana(“forest; desire”)

Verb

vane

1. optativeactivesingularofvanati(“to desire”)