slan

See also: slán, slàn, slån, s.l.a.n., and Appendix:Variations of "slan"

English

Etymology

From Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, a science fiction novel about persecuted—yet physically, mentally and morally superiortelepathic mutant humans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slæn/
  • Rhymes: -æn

Noun

slan (plural slans)

  1. (dated, fandom slang) A fan of science fiction.
    • 1944, Speer, John Bristol, “F - Fascism”, in Fancyclopedia:
      The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization.
    • 1950 September, Charles Stuart Metchette, “Michigan Memories”, in Spacewarp, number 42, page 72–77:
      Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs.
    • 1955, Koestler, Arthur, The Trail of the Dinosaur and Other Essays, page 143:
      Fen gather in clubhouses called slanshacks, "slan" meaning a biologically mutated superman.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

Verb

slān

  1. to hit, to beat

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

  • slān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solnъ. Compare sȏl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slâːn/
  • Rhymes: -âːn

Adjective

slȃn (definite slȃnī, comparative slànijī, Cyrillic spelling сла̑н)

  1. salty, saline

Declension

References

  • slan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solnъ, probably originally a past passive participle meaning "(having been) salted".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsláːn/
  • Tonal orthography: slȃn

Adjective

slán (comparative bòlj slán, superlative nàjbolj slán)

  1. salt, salty

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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