"Fang" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈfæŋ/, /ˈfɑŋ/
Rhymes: -æŋ Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fang
  1. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin. Categories (topical): Languages, Tribes Translations (the language of Guinea which is also called Pahouin): Fang (Fang (Bantu))
    Sense id: en-Fang-en-name-pw3mMyOY Disambiguation of Languages: 34 25 6 33 2 Disambiguation of Tribes: 44 20 11 16 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 23 15 8 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 16 29 10 1 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 62 32 6 Disambiguation of 'the language of Guinea which is also called Pahouin': 82 18
  2. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang. Categories (topical): Languages Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Fang terms (english: Bantu), fan ⁠, Wiktionary’s coverage of Fang terms (Beboid), fak ⁠
    Sense id: en-Fang-en-name-bUlRMFt6 Disambiguation of Languages: 34 25 6 33 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Fang County}}, {{bor|en|cmn|房|tr=Fáng}} Mandarin 房 (Fáng), {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|方|tr=Fāng}} 方 (Fāng), {{zh-l|房|tr=Fáng}} 房 (Fáng), {{zh-l|芳|tr=Fāng}} 芳 (Fāng), {{zh-l|仿|tr=Fǎng}} 仿 (Fǎng), {{zh-l|放|tr=Fǎng}} 放 (Fǎng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fang
  1. A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China. Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Hubei Translations (county): (Fáng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Fang-en-name-fH9XVACo Disambiguation of 'county': 97 3
  2. A surname from Mandarin Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Fangxian (english: county)
    Sense id: en-Fang-en-name-N8FN98Ra Disambiguation of Languages: 34 25 6 33 2 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfæŋ/, /ˈfɑŋ/
Rhymes: -æŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Fang pl (plural only)
  1. A people of western Africa. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (people): Fang (Fang (Bantu))
    Sense id: en-Fang-en-noun-v410Siel
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [Fang (Bantu)]

Head templates: {{head|fan|proper noun}} Fang
  1. Fang people
    Sense id: en-Fang-fan-name-slpZerBF
  2. Fang language (Pahouin)
    Sense id: en-Fang-fan-name-dfXjdLxC Categories (other): Fang (Bantu) entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Fang (Bantu) entries with incorrect language header: 36 64

Noun [German]

IPA: /faŋ/ Audio: De-Fang.ogg
Rhymes: -aŋ Etymology: From Middle High German vanc, ultimately from the root of fangen (“to catch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|vanc}} Middle High German vanc, {{m|de|fangen|t=to catch}} fangen (“to catch”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Fang m (strong, genitive Fanges or Fangs, plural Fänge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Fanges [genitive], Fangs [genitive], Fänge [plural], strong [table-tags], Fang [nominative, singular], Fänge [definite, nominative, plural], Fanges [genitive, singular], Fangs [genitive, singular], Fänge [definite, genitive, plural], Fang [dative, singular], Fange [dative, singular], Fängen [dative, definite, plural], Fang [accusative, singular], Fänge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. catch, capture Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Fang-de-noun-4Iz5Vqx3
  2. booty, prey Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Fang-de-noun-ileURjYh
  3. haul, draught Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Fang-de-noun-0m7ws40A
  4. fang, talon, claw, tusk Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Fang-de-noun-aV42Svwe
  5. (hunting) coup de grâce Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-Fang-de-noun-dMXx3lb4 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 20 19 36 15 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  6. hunting, fishing (fish, whales) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Fang-de-noun-kXbR5HLe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2020 March 12, “Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-21, Asia Pacific",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɑŋ/"
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English lemmas",
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      "args": {
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        {
          "ref": "1907, Report for the Year 1907 on the Chemical, Metal and Mining Industries of the Consular District of Lyons, →OCLC, page 23",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Translations on People's Republic of China, numbers 471-479, →OCLC",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Eva Wong, transl., Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China, Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 26, Laurie Chen, “Dreamers, crackpots or realists? The diehards on the trail of China’s ‘Bigfoot’”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-25",
          "text": "“Its speed was very fast, but it was walking, not running,” Yuan said. As the creature ranged across a mountain in Fang county, bordering the Shennongjia Forestry District, “it walked faster than a human ran”.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Na Li, Ni Yan, “Present Situation and Development Suggestions of Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Hubei Province”, in 2019 4th International Conference on Education and Social Development (ICESD 2019), →DOI, page 147",
          "text": "Hubei Sanxin Biotechnology Co., LTD, located in Fang County, Shiyan City, has developed a series of traditional Chinese medicine [from] Polygonum Cuspidatum, including \"yellow bud stem\" vegetables, resveratrol extract, emodin extract, and crude Polygonum cuspidatum extract and so on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 March 12, “Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-21, Asia Pacific",
          "text": "Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.",
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        }
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}

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