LAN

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læn/, /ˌɛl ˌeɪ ˈɛn/

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Noun

LAN (plural LANs)

1. (networking) Acronym of local area network.

   A LAN connects all of the computers in our office.

Antonyms

• WAN (“wide area network”)

Derived terms

• LAN adapter
• LAN house
• LAN party
• wake-on-LAN

Translations

(abbreviation) local area network

• Hebrew: רֶתֶ״ם f
• Japanese: LAN (ja) (ラン, ran)
• Portuguese: LAN f
• Thai: แลน (th) (lɛɛn)

Anagrams

• Aln, LNA, NLA, nal-

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlan/, [ˈlan]

Proper noun

LAN

1. Acronym of Lembaga Administrasi Negara.

Further reading

• “LAN” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English LAN.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ラン [ráꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

LAN(ラン) • (ran) 

1. LAN (local area network)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlan/

• Homophone: lã (Brazil)

Noun

LAN f (plural LANs)

1. (networking) LAN (local area network)

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English LAN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

LAN n

1. (networking) a LAN (local area network)
2. a LAN party

   Synonym: LAN-party

Declension

Declension of LAN

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	LAN	LAN:s
	definite	LAN:et	LAN:ets
plural	indefinite	LAN	LAN:s
	definite	LAN:en	LAN:ens

Derived terms

• LAN:a, lana (“to participate in a LAN party”)

References

• LAN in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)