fanne
/fæn/
fanne noun: a female science fiction fan.
Noun
fanne (plural fannes or fenne)
- A female science fiction fan.
- Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans.1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, Fannes, page 31
- A little more than a week ago two fen and one fanne left for London as delegates to a big gathering formally billed as the Science Fiction Festival Convention but more intimately described as a fanference. […] Sad to relate, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true...1951 May 21, Winthrop Sargeant, “Through the Interstellar Looking Glass”, in Life, volume 30, number 21, →ISSN, page 127
Synonyms of fanne
Forms of fanne
| plural | fannes |
|---|---|
| plural | fenne |
Origin of fanne
Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from fan + French -e (feminine suffix).
Words that rhyme with fanne
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- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
Questions about fanne
- What does fanne mean?
- Fanne means a female science fiction fan.
- What part of speech is fanne?
- Fanne is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fanne?
- Fanne is pronounced /fæn/.
- What is the plural of fanne?
- The plural of fanne is fannes.
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