Definition
To move air toward someone or something using a fan, or to spread out like a fan shape.
Etymology
From Old English 'fann' (winnowing fan), from Latin 'vannus.' The tool for cooling and the verb developed together from agricultural grain-winnowing.
Kelly Says
Fans were invented to separate grain from chaff in farming, but then someone realized they could also cool people down—agricultural tools became comfort technology!
Translations
ARالعربية
مُنَفَّذ
mu-naf-fa-dh
CSČeština
provětralý
pro-ve-tra-ly
DEDeutsch
ausgeweht
aus-ge-weht
ELΕλληνικά
ανανεωμένος
a-na-ne-o-menos
ESEspañol
alivio
a-li-v-io
FISuomi
tuuletettu
tu-u-le-tet-tu
FRFrançais
ventilé
ven-ti-le
HUMagyar
szellőztetve
shel-lo-ztet-ve
IDBahasa Indonesia
dihembus
di-he-mbus
ITItaliano
soffiante
so-f-ian-te
KO한국어
바람에 부풀었다
ba-ram-e bu-pul-eo-da
MSBahasa Melayu
ditiup
di-tiup
NLNederlands
uitgeblazen
uit-ge-bla-zen
PLPolski
przewiewany
pre-vie-va-ny
PTPortuguês
soprado
so-pra-do
RORomână
ventilat
ven-ti-lat
RUРусский
проветренный
pro-ve-tre-n-nyy
TRTürkçe
serpilmiş
ser-pil-miş
UKУкраїнська
провітрений
pro-v-i-tre-nyy