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/van/
Translation
van (vehicle); horsebox; winnowing basket
Word origin
The vehicle sense is borrowed from English 'van', itself a shortening of 'caravan'. An older, unrelated French van ('winnowing basket') comes from Latin vannus. The vehicle meaning dominates modern usage.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- van
- English cognates
- van, caravan
Grammar
Examples
l'Europe cet .
They travelled across Europe in a van this summer.
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The band loads all its gear into the van.
transporte .
We carry the horses in a special horsebox.
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Our van is parked in front of the house.
'aménager .
He dreams of converting a van to go and live on the road.
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