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flābellum — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fan noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.

Senses

flābellum is used for these senses in English:

  • fan A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
  • hand fan A hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user.

fan — full definition

  1. noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.
  2. noun A person who admires and follows a performer, team, or interest closely.
  3. verb To move air onto something using a fan or a waving motion, or to spread out in a fan shape.

Related Latin words