Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user.
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Translations
Bulgarian ветри́ло
- ветри́ло (vetrílo)hand-held device
Catalan ventall
- ventallhand-held device
Chinese Mandarin 扇子
- 扇子 (shànzi)hand-held device
Czech vějíř
- vějířhand-held device
Finnish viuhka
- viuhkahand-held device
French éventail
- éventailhand-held device
Hungarian legyező
- legyezőhand-held device
Indonesian kipas tangan
- kipas tanganhand-held device
Japanese 扇子, うちわ
- 扇子 (sensu)hand-held device
- うちわ (uchiwa)hand-held device
Korean 부채
- 부채 (buchae)hand-held device
Latin flābellum
- flābellumhand-held device
Latvian vēdeklis
- vēdeklishand-held device
Malay kipas tangan
- kipas tanganhand-held device
Polish wachlarz
- wachlarzhand-held device
Portuguese leque
- lequehand-held device
Russian ве́ер
- ве́ер (véjer)hand-held device
Slovak vejár
- vejárhand-held device
Spanish abanico, pantalla
- abanicohand-held device
- pantallahand-held device
Swedish solfjäder
- solfjäderhand-held device
Tagalog pamaypay
- pamaypayhand-held device
Thai พัด
- พัด (pát)hand-held device
Turkish yelpaze
- yelpazehand-held device
Ukrainian ві́яло, вахля́р
- ві́яло (víjalo)hand-held device
- вахля́р (vaxljár)hand-held device
Vietnamese quạt
- quạthand-held device
Cite this entry
APA
hand fan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20fan
MLA
“hand fan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20fan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand fan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20fan.
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