"vane" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /veɪn/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vane.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vanes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”), Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”), German Low German Fahn (“flag”), German Fahne. Doublet of obsolete fane (“weathercock; banner”) and fanon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vane}} Middle English vane, {{m|enm|fane}} fane, {{inh|en|ang|fana|t=cloth, banner, flag}} Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fanō}} Proto-West Germanic *fanō, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fanô}} Proto-Germanic *fanô, {{der|en|ine-pro|*peh₂n-||something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”), {{cog|stq|Foone|t=flag, banner}} Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”), {{cog|nl|vaan|t=banner, flag}} Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”), {{cog|nds-de|Fahn|t=flag}} German Low German Fahn (“flag”), {{cog|de|Fahne}} German Fahne, {{doublet|en}} Doublet, {{m|en|fane|gloss=weathercock; banner}} fane (“weathercock; banner”), {{m|en|fanon}} fanon Head templates: {{en-noun}} vane (plural vanes)
  1. A weather vane. Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-vane-en-noun-fw9i0wOP Disambiguation of Wind: 43 24 14 8 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 13 24 2 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 9 19 3 11
  2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid. Translations (curved surface radially mounted along an axis): лопатка (lopatka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aspa [feminine] (Catalan), siipi (Finnish), lapa (Finnish), pale [feminine] (French), pena [feminine] (Galician), pela [feminine] (Galician), ხრახნის ლაპოტა (xraxnis laṗoṭa) (Georgian), Flügel [masculine] (German), Schaufel [feminine] (German), Drehflügel [masculine] (German), aletta [feminine] (Italian), pala [feminine] (Italian), aleta [feminine] (Portuguese), ло́пасть (lópastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), aspa [feminine] (Spanish), skena [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vane-en-noun-vESz4tp2 Disambiguation of 'curved surface radially mounted along an axis': 16 68 10 2 4
  3. (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. Categories (topical): Ornithology Synonyms: vexillum Translations (ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather): bandera (Catalan), vexil·la (Catalan), höyty (Finnish), étendard [masculine] (French), vexillum [masculine] (French), vexilo [masculine] (Galician), Fahne [feminine] (German), Federfahne [feminine] (German), Vexillum [neuter] (German), vexilo [masculine] (Portuguese), vexilo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vane-en-noun-kmLC7Vc~ Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather': 29 5 59 1 5
  4. (navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass. Categories (topical): Navigation
    Sense id: en-vane-en-noun-d9zFA6pu
  5. (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile. Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: fin Translations (metal guidance or stabilizing fin): siiveke (Finnish), aletta [feminine] (Italian), стабилизатор (stabilizator) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vane-en-noun-cBoYTneX Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry Disambiguation of 'metal guidance or stabilizing fin': 16 5 10 2 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cooper vane, wind vane

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fanō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fanō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fanô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fanô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peh₂n-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Foone",
        "t": "flag, banner"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vaan",
        "t": "banner, flag"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Fahn",
        "t": "flag"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Fahn (“flag”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Fahne"
      },
      "expansion": "German Fahne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fane",
        "gloss": "weathercock; banner"
      },
      "expansion": "fane (“weathercock; banner”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fanon"
      },
      "expansion": "fanon",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”).\nCognate with Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”), Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”), German Low German Fahn (“flag”), German Fahne. Doublet of obsolete fane (“weathercock; banner”) and fanon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vanes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vane (plural vanes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A weather vane."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weather vane",
          "weather vane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "radially",
          "radially"
        ],
        [
          "mounted",
          "mounted"
        ],
        [
          "axis",
          "axis"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Ornithology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Meronym: barb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornithology",
          "ornithology"
        ],
        [
          "flattened",
          "flattened"
        ],
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ],
        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vexillum"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Navigation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sight on a sextant or compass."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "navigation",
          "navigation"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ],
        [
          "sextant",
          "sextant"
        ],
        [
          "compass",
          "compass"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "navigation",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Weapons"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weaponry",
          "weaponry"
        ],
        [
          "guidance",
          "guidance"
        ],
        [
          "stabilizing",
          "stabilizing"
        ],
        [
          "fin",
          "fin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fin"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/veɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "vain"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "vein"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vane.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vane.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vane.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vane.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lopatka",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лопатка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aspa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "word": "siipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "word": "lapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xraxnis laṗoṭa",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "word": "ხრახნის ლაპოტა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flügel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schaufel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Drehflügel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lópastʹ",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́пасть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aspa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "curved surface radially mounted along an axis",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "word": "bandera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "word": "vexil·la"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "word": "höyty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "étendard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vexillum"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vexilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Federfahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vexillum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vexilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vexilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "metal guidance or stabilizing fin",
      "word": "siiveke"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "metal guidance or stabilizing fin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stabilizator",
      "sense": "metal guidance or stabilizing fin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стабилизатор"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vane"
}

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