villan

See also: Villan and villán

English

Noun

villan (plural villans)

  1. Obsolete form of villain.

References

  • villan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

villan

  1. genitive singular of villa

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1805. From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric stem as világ and villog + -an (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvilːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: vil‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

villan

  1. (intransitive) to flash, glint (to gleam briefly)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • villanás
With verbal prefixes
  • átvillan
  • belevillan
  • bevillan
  • felvillan
  • keresztülvillan
  • kivillan
  • megvillan
  • összevillan
  • rávillan
  • visszavillan

References

  1. villan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • villan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

Noun

villan

  1. definite singular of villa.
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