Van

Noun

 * 1) A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck.
 * The van sped down the road.
 * 1)  a railway carriage
 * 2) * "'Let Karṇa, clad in armour, stand in the van. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")
 * 1) * "'Let Karṇa, clad in armour, stand in the van. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")

Thesaurus
Conestoga wagon, Pullman, Pullman car, advance guard, airhead, anteposition, armed guard, avant-garde, baggage car, bank guard, battle line, beachhead, boxcar, bridgehead, caboose, car, caravan, carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, coast guard, cordon, cordon sanitaire, covered waggon, covered wagon, day coach, diner, dinghy, dining car, drawing room, dray, farthest outpost, first line, flat, flatcar, forefront, foregoing, front, front line, front rank, front-runner, garrison, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, gondola, guard, guarder, guardsman, haywagon, heading, inlying picket, jailer, le pas, leading, line, local, luggage van, mail car, mail van, outguard, outpost, palace car, parlor car, passenger car, picket, pioneer, point, prairie schooner, precedence, preceding, precursor, priority, railhead, railway car, rear guard, reefer, refrigerator car, roomette, scout, security guard, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, spearhead, stockcar, tank, tender, the lead, train guard, truck, vanguard, waggon, wagon, wain, warder

Etymology
Short for caravan:.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/v{n/}}

Translations

 * Bulgarian: фургон
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 貨車, 货车
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Transporter, Lieferwagen
 * Greek: φορτηγό (fortigó), φορτηγάκι (fortigáki), (imifortigó)


 * Hungarian:, kisbusz, kisteherautó
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: バン, 貨車
 * Korean: 반
 * Macedonian: комбе, фургон
 * Persian: ون
 * Polish: samochód dostawczy ,
 * Russian: фургон
 * Swedish: skåpbil
 * Welsh:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Greek: (vagóni)
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:


 * : camionetta, furgon
 * : van, furgão

Related terms

 * detector van
 * divvy van
 * driving van trailer


 * goods van
 * panel van
 * white van man

Anagrams

 * AVN, nav

Noun

 * 1) one of the Vanir

Noun

 * 1) van

Adverb

 * 1)  pleje van – nurse, take care of

Etymology 1
From vanr: ( Vanir:).

Etymology 2
From van:.

Etymology 3
From vanr:.

Preposition

 * 1)  of
 * De hoed van het meisje. &mdash; The hat of the girl.
 * Het gewicht van een olifant. &mdash; The weight of an elephant.
 * 1)  from, off
 * Hij ging van deur tot deur. &mdash; He went from door to door.
 * ''Het vlees van de beenderen snijden. &mdash; To cut the meat from the bones.
 * Van vader op zoon. &mdash; From father to son.
 * Hij komt van Griekenland. &mdash; He’s from Greece.
 * 1)  from
 * Van dag tot dag. &mdash; Day by day.
 * Van toen af aan. &mdash; From then onwards.
 * Van ’s avonds laat tot ’s morgens vroeg. &mdash; From the early morning till late at night.
 * De trein van tien uur. &mdash; The 10.00 train.
 * 1)  of, with
 * Sidderen van angst. &mdash; Trembling with fear.
 * Tranen van geluk. &mdash; Tears of joy.
 * 1)  by, of
 * ''Een schilderij van Rubens. &mdash; A painting by Rubens.
 * ''Een plaat van de Beatles. &mdash; A Beatles record.
 * 1)  with, of
 * Van dit geld kan ik een basgitaar kopen. &mdash; With this money I’m able to buy a bass.
 * 1)  of, among
 * De jongste van zijn dochters. &mdash; The youngest of his daughters.
 * 1)  of
 * Zij was van adel. &mdash; She was of nobel stock.
 * Een stad van één miljoen inwoners. &mdash; A city of one million inhabitants.
 * Hij is een man van eer. &mdash; He’s a man of honour.
 * Dat is hier niet van toepassing. &mdash; That’s not applicable here.

Derived terms

 * vanaf
 * vanuit
 * vanwege
 * van top tot teen
 * vanzelf

Adverb
van


 * 1) of, from
 * Ik neem er tien van. &mdash; I’ll take ten of them.
 * 1) from
 * Ik vertrek van daar. &mdash; I’ll start from there.
 * 1) by, from
 * Ik word er gek van. &mdash; It drives me crazy.
 * Men wordt daar sloom van. &mdash; It turns one numb.
 * 1) of, about
 * Wat zegt u daar van? &mdash; What do you say about that?
 * Ik weet daar niks van. &mdash; I don’t know anything about that.

Etymology
From, from fan:, from , from , from. Cognate with fana:, fan:,  fan:, fon:,  fona:, fon:.

Derived terms

 * daarvan
 * ervan

Noun

 * 1) a winnowing basket

Etymology
vannus:

Adjective

 * 1) empty, devoid of content, containing only air
 * 2) useless, ineffective
 * 3)  vacuous, trivial-minded

Noun
van


 * 1) wind

Verb

 * 1) be, exist
 * 2) have; someone -nak/-nek has something -ja/-je
 * Péternek van egy kutyája. - “Peter has a dog” (literally 'There is a his dog for Peter' (sic))
 * 1) there is
 * Van itt valaki? - “Is there anybody here?”

Synonyms

 * létezik

Derived terms

 * vanni
 * With verb prefixes
 * elvan
 * kivan
 * megvan
 * odavan
 * Expressions
 * a falnak is füle van
 * az éremnek két oldala van
 * hogy van?
 * minden rosszban van valami jó
 * tele van a hócipője
 * van benne valami

Etymology
See Hungarian volt

Adjective

 * 1) vain, futile
 * 2) vain, worthless
 * 3) vain, conceited

Conjunction

 * 1) except

Preposition

 * 1)  in front of, before
 * van kuće — outside, outdoors
 * 1)  out of
 * van zemlje — abroad

Adverb

 * 1) out, outside, outdoors

Etymology
Ultimately from Latin vadere

Adjective

 * 1) accustomed to; used to, have the habit to
 * Han är van vid att stiga upp klockan sju varje morgon.
 * “He is used to getting up at seven every morning.”
 * 1) experienced, adept
 * Hon är en van bilförare.
 * “She is an experienced driver.”

Antonyms

 * ovan

Derived terms

 * med van hand

Related terms

 * vana
 * ovana