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Meaning of Vane | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
veɪn

Definitions

  1. A weather vane.
  2. A surname.
  3. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
  4. The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
  5. A sight on a sextant or compass.
  6. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

Equivalents

العربية دوّارة الريح
Bosanski bandera pala pale pena
Čeština prapor
Español aspa vexilo
Suomi höyty lapa siipi siiveke
Français ailette étendard pale Vane vexillum
Galego pela pena vexilo
Hrvatski bandera pala pale pena
Bahasa Indonesia sudu
Italiano aletta pala vane
Kurdî pale pena
Português aleta vexilo
Српски bandera pala pale pena
Svenska skena

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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