"ceiling fan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ceiling fans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ceiling fan (plural ceiling fans)
  1. A fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light. Categories (topical): Fans Synonyms: overhead fan Translations (fan fixture on a ceiling): ventilador del sostre [masculine] (Catalan), 吊扇 (diàoshàn) (Chinese Mandarin), plafondventilator (Dutch), kattotuuletin (Finnish), ventilateur de plafond [masculine] (French), Deckenventilator [masculine] (German), છતપંખો (chatpaṅkho) (Gujarati), mennyezeti ventilátor (Hungarian), plafonventilátor (Hungarian), ventilatore da soffitto [masculine] (Italian), таазны сэнс (taazny sens) (Mongolian), wentylator sufitowy (Polish), ventilador de teto [masculine] (Portuguese), ventilator de tavan (Romanian), вентиля́тор (ventiljátor) [masculine] (Russian), ventilador de techo [masculine] (Spanish), abano [masculine] (Spanish), takfläkt [common-gender] (Swedish), พัดลมเพดาน (Thai), pervane (Turkish), quạt trần (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
      "word": "ventilator de tavan"
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      "roman": "ventiljátor",
      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
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      "word": "ventilador de techo"
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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
      "word": "pervane"
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      "sense": "fan fixture on a ceiling",
      "word": "quạt trần"
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