Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: laan
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

wholesaler, especially of fresh food

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Accompanied by police and the owner, he led the way to premises in the western district which were used as the office of a pig laan (i.e. a wholesale pig depot)."
"Mr Wong stated that the laans are getting more and more vegetables from the New Territory every year."
"By a letter dated November 30, 1948, defendant wrongly claimed and still claims that he has a right to have his name inserted in the Food Shop License of the said Laan."

Etymology

From Cantonese 欄 /栏 (laan⁴⁻¹, “wholesaler”).

Word Breakdown

Root: 欄

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

laans (plural)

Questions

What does laan mean?: wholesaler, especially of fresh food
Where does laan come from?: From Cantonese 欄 /栏 (laan⁴⁻¹, “wholesaler”).

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