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van en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /væːn/ (Australia)
  • /vɛn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /van/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /vaːn/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • (US) audio
  • văn
  • /van/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /væn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Short for caravan.

Meanings

  1. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
    • Carbon emissions from vans in the UK have risen by 63% since 1990, new analysis shows, as cars are getting cleaner. While more people are opting to drive electric or plug-in hybrid cars, van drivers still prefer diesel because electric vans are much more expensive with little choice of models. 2024 June 22, James Tapper, “Carbon emissions from vans still rising as UK drivers cling to diesel”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years. […] Organizations that provide safe parking locations have limited capacity and are often unable to accommodate the kind of non-operational vans that are being repurposed as makeshift housing. 2023 May 19, Matthew Hall, “Los Angeles Councilwoman targets “vanlord” industry”, in Santa Monica Daily Press:
  2. (UK) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
  3. (dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
  4. A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
    • Designed to be fully mobile and self-contained, the complete equipment includes an air-conditioned van containing all necessary electronic gear and a flat bed trailer in which missiles, jet engines and other large assemblies may be cleaned. 1959, Western Aerospace, volume 39, page 46:

Forms

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vans Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

vanmost · loony van · vanlike · detector van · vanman · vanpool · vanward · rape van · conversion van · vanful · van-dragging · e-van · cube van · Talivan · vanette · serial-killer van · vanbulance · baggage van · police van · mailvan · white van speakers · vanless · ninja van · driving van trailer · vanlife · ice cream van · van-courier · devan · hoolivan · camper van · public utility van · party van · divvy van · gas van · removal van · pedo van · ferry van · van-dragger · tally van · white van man · vanload · panel van · guard's van · armored van · Luton van · vanily · goods van · campervan · brake van · microvan · delivery van · luggage van · security van · patrol van · newsvan · moving van · dollar van · box van · serial killer van · van courier · motor-van · car-body van · van-girl

Synonyms

minibus · minivan

Translations (138)

hu kisbusz (a covered vehicle) · ca vagó (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · cs dodávka (a covered vehicle) · vi xe ô tô khách (a covered vehicle) · tl van (a covered vehicle) · uk фурго́н (a covered vehicle) · da kassevogn (a covered vehicle) · bg фурго́н (a covered vehicle) · sv paketbil (a covered vehicle) · ro dubă (a covered vehicle) · ko(a covered vehicle) · da varebil (a covered vehicle) · sv van (a covered vehicle) · es autobusete (a covered vehicle) · pl samochód dostawczy (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · lv furgons (a covered vehicle) · mel ven (a covered vehicle) · th รถบรรทุก (a covered vehicle) · tr furgon (a covered vehicle) · he משלוחית (a covered vehicle) · pt vagão (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · ru вэн (a covered vehicle) · uk ваго́н (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · ka ფურგონი (a covered vehicle) · pl dostawczak (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · eo kamioneto (a covered vehicle) · tr hafif ticari araç (a covered vehicle) · cy fan (a covered vehicle) · sv familjebuss (a covered vehicle) · nl wagon (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · pl blaszak (a covered vehicle) · es combi (a covered vehicle) · sk dodávkový automobil (a covered vehicle) · pl van (a covered vehicle) · ky фургон (a covered vehicle) · hu kocsi (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · et furgoon (a covered vehicle) · it furgone (a covered vehicle) · fa وَن (a covered vehicle) · it vagone merci (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · fr fourgon (a covered vehicle) · ro dubiță (a covered vehicle) · pl blaszanka (a covered vehicle) · nb varebil (a covered vehicle) · de Transporter (a covered vehicle) · he טרנזיט (a covered vehicle) · fi pikkubussi (a covered vehicle) · hy ֆուրգոն (a covered vehicle) · lt furgonas (a covered vehicle) · ru ваго́н (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · ms van (a covered vehicle) · bg ваго́н (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · de Lieferwagen (a covered vehicle) · ar عَرَبَة نَقْل (a covered vehicle) · ja バン (a covered vehicle) · nl busje (a covered vehicle) · ga veain (a covered vehicle) · sv skåpbil (a covered vehicle) · ca camioneta (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · uk вен (a covered vehicle) · be ваго́н (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · tk furgon (a covered vehicle) · bg ван (a covered vehicle) · hu kisteherautó (a covered vehicle) · es vagón (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · is sendibíll (a covered vehicle) · sh kȍmbi (a covered vehicle) · sq furgon (a covered vehicle) · mk фурго́н (a covered vehicle) · el φορτηγάκι (a covered vehicle) · ka ვაგონი (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · et pakiauto (a covered vehicle) · be вэн (a covered vehicle) · ar عربيه نقل (a covered vehicle) · nl bestelwagen (a covered vehicle) · nl rijtuig (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · da varevogn (a covered vehicle) · ja 貨車 (a covered vehicle) · es minibús (a covered vehicle) · yi משׂא־פֿור (a covered vehicle) · mk ко́мбе (a covered vehicle) · he עגלת צב (a covered vehicle) · ca furgoneta (a covered vehicle) · et kaubik (a covered vehicle) · lo ລົດຕູ້ (a covered vehicle) · es microbús (a covered vehicle) · es van (a covered vehicle) · zh 麵包車 /面包车 (a covered vehicle) · uz furgon (a covered vehicle) · es furgón (a covered vehicle) · pl bus (a covered vehicle) · es furgoneta (a covered vehicle) · cs dodávkový vůz (a covered vehicle) · ko 승합차 (a covered vehicle) · mk ва́гон (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · io charioto (a covered vehicle) · hu vagon (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · ro autodubă (a covered vehicle) · gv carr (a covered vehicle) · fi umpivaunu (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · tg фургон (a covered vehicle) · ro vagon (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · sh ко̏мби (a covered vehicle) · ja 客車 (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · kk фургон (a covered vehicle) · az furqon (a covered vehicle) · pt furgão (a covered vehicle) · zh 貨車 /货车 (a covered vehicle) · el βαγόνι (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · da wagon (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · zh 車廂 /车厢 (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · eo vagono (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · ro furgonetă (a covered vehicle) · fi tila-auto (a covered vehicle) · zh 廂型車 /厢型车 (a covered vehicle) · ru фу́ра (a covered vehicle) · he סעון (a covered vehicle) · fi pakettiauto (a covered vehicle) · ru фурго́н (a covered vehicle) · he משאית סגורה (a covered vehicle) · sv minibuss (a covered vehicle) · ro autodubiță (a covered vehicle) · gv van (a covered vehicle) · el βαν (a covered vehicle) · fr camionnette (a covered vehicle) · fr fourgonnette (a covered vehicle) · ko 객차 (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · ar ميكروباص (a covered vehicle) · th รถตู้ (a covered vehicle) · hu furgon (a covered vehicle) · nn varebil (a covered vehicle) · pl furgonetka (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · be фурго́н (a covered vehicle) · fi härkävaunu (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · gv carr (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) · pt van (a covered vehicle) · vi xe van (a covered vehicle) · km ភណ្ឌរថ (a covered vehicle)

Source: en.wiktionary, “van” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

van en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /væːn/ (Australia)
  • /vɛn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /van/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /vaːn/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • (US) audio
  • văn
  • /van/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /væn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Short for caravan.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
    • [They] had their own horses, but they hadn't bothered to van them over to Pine Hollow for this outing. 1999, Bonnie Bryant, Changing Leads, page 53:
    • I have to have a license to own them, a license to train them, my jockey has to have a license to ride them, the van company must have a license to van them, and the black shoe man must have a license to shoe them. 1966, United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  2. (Internet, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
    • He later told CW that he had been "v&" or "vanned" by the police, and he expressed surprise that the police showed him detailed transcripts of his conversations. 2012, FBI names, arrests Anon who infiltrated its secret conference call:
    • 2015 13-year-old credited with hacking CIA director’s AOL account gives bizarre, possibly final interview The hacker says he thinks he is about to be v&, or “vanned,” meaning being raided by law enforcement, sometime soon.
    • On Wednesday night, Motherboard spoke to the teenager accused of being Cracka. "I got fucking v&," he told Motherboard, using "v&," the slang for "vanned," or getting arrested. (At this point, the arrest had not been made public.) 2016, Teen Allegedly Behind CIA, FBI Breaches: 'They're Trying to Ruin My Life.':
    • Commander X: Yep, so now you all know how I got vanned. And you just met the snitch who did it to me. 2017, Dark Ops: An Anonymous Story, page 8:
    • But not before someone supposedly forwarded all the information onto the FBI. In a last-ditch effort to avoid getting "vanned," Naratto tried to put the memie back in the bottle 2013, Redditor Confesses to Murder with Meme, Gets Doxed by Other Redditors, Deletes His Account and Disappears:
    • One Anon explained the reason for this, saying: "As for the domains, they were transferred to Ryan after some of us got vanned so he can keep the network up. What he did certainly wasn't the plan." (Getting "vanned" refers to getting picked up by the police.) 2011, The hackers hacked: main Anonymous IRC servers invaded:

Forms

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vanning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
vanned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vanned Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

v&

Relateds

lorry · truck · transit

Source: en.wiktionary, “van” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

van en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /væːn/ (Australia)
  • /vɛn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /van/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /vaːn/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • (US) audio
  • văn
  • /van/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /væn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Shortening of vanguard.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of vanguard.
    alt of vanguard
    • We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
    • Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd, / Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare / Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 5, lines 588–590:
    • As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
    • Then a bumper to the Queen led the van of our good wishes, another to the Church Established, a third was left to the whim of the toaster[…] 1698, Ned Ward, The London Spy:
    • Bhīṣma then outlined the following strategy: “… Let Karṇa, clad in armour, stand in the van. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.” 1965, “Virāṭa Parva”, in Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan, transl., The Mahābhārata, book 4, translation of original in Sanskrit, section 33, page 84:

Forms

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vans Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “van” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

van en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /væːn/ (Australia)
  • /vɛn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /van/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /vaːn/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • (US) audio
  • văn
  • /van/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /væn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Cornish.

Meanings

  1. A shovel used in cleansing ore.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vans Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “van” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

van en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /væːn/ (Australia)
  • /vɛn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /van/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /vaːn/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • (US) audio
  • văn
  • /van/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /væn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Cornish.

Meanings

  1. To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
vanning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vanned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vanned Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

vanner

Source: en.wiktionary, “van” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

van en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /væːn/ (Australia)
  • /vɛn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /van/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /vaːn/ (British, Southern, Standard) bad–lad split
  • (US) audio
  • văn
  • /van/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /væn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin vannus (“a van, or fan for winnowing grain”): compare French van and English fan, winnow. Doublet of fan.

Meanings

  1. A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
    • with strange amaze / A shepherd meeting thee, the oar surveys, / And names a van (Book XI) 1726, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, The Odyssey:
  2. A wing with which the air is beaten.
    • He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain; / His vans no longer could his flight sustain. 1717, John Dryden, Ovid's Metamorphoses, book XII:
    • So Satan fell; and ſtrait a fiery Globe / Of Angels on full ſail of wing flew nigh, / Who on their plumy Vans receiv'd him ſoft […] 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 108–109, lines 578–580:
    • Because these wings are no longer wings to fly / But merely vans to beat the air[…] 1930, T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday:

Forms

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vans Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

vane