fan
French, noun/fan/
fan is spelled F-A-N (3 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written French, the 2,714th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fan is a French feminine noun meaning “fan (admirer, supporter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Admirateur, admiratrice enthousiaste d’une personne ou d’une chose”.
What does fan mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinefan (admirer, supporter)
noun
- 1
femininefan (ventilator)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Admirateur, admiratrice enthousiaste d’une personne ou d’une chose.
noun: 1. Ventilateur.
interjection: 1. Se retrouve exclusivement dans des expressions qui expriment la surprise ou la déception telle que : Fan de putain, fan de chichourle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fan
- fans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fan?
- /fan/
- \fan\
- \fɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fan in French?
fan appears 30 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).