"hand fan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hand fans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand fan (plural hand fans)
  1. A hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user. Categories (topical): Fans Synonyms: fan Translations (hand-held device): հովհար (hovhar) (Armenian), বিচনী (bisoni) (Assamese), ве́ер (vjéjer) [masculine] (Belarusian), ветри́ло (vetrílo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ventall [masculine] (Catalan), 扇子 (shànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), বিচৈন (bisoin) (Chittagonian), বিচেইন (bisein) (Chittagonian), vějíř [masculine] (Czech), viuhka (Finnish), éventail [masculine] (French), legyező (Hungarian), 扇子 (sensu) (english: folding) (Japanese), うちわ (uchiwa) (english: rigid) (Japanese), 부채 (buchae) (Korean), flābellum [neuter] (Latin), vēdeklis [masculine] (Latvian), ладало (ladalo) [neuter] (Macedonian), лепе́за (lepéza) [feminine] (Macedonian), വിശറി (viśaṟi) (Malayalam), یلپازه (yelpaze) (Ottoman Turkish), wachlarz [masculine] (Polish), leque [masculine] (Portuguese), ве́ер (véjer) [masculine] (Russian), vejár [masculine] (Slovak), pahljača [feminine] (Slovene), abanico [masculine] (Spanish), pantalla (english: rigid) [Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), ꠛꠤꠌꠂꠘ (bisoin) (Sylheti), ꠛꠤꠌꠥꠁꠘ (bisuin) (Sylheti), ꠙꠣꠈꠣ (faxá) (Sylheti), พัด (pát) (english: typically rigid) (Thai), yelpaze (Turkish), ві́яло (víjalo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), вахля́р (vaxljár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), quạt (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "hand-held device",
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          "sense": "hand-held device",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
      "word": "বিচেইন"
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "vějíř"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "вахля́р"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "hand-held device",
      "word": "quạt"
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}

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