English

Proper noun

Joan

1. A female given name, a feminine form of John.
   • ~1595 William Shakespeare: King John: Act I, Scene I:

     Well, now I can make any Joan a lady.

   • 1979 Margaret Atwood: Lady Oracle, p.336:

     Maybe my mother didn't name me after Joan Crawford after all, I thought; she just told me that to cover up. She named me after Joan of Arc, didn't she know what happened to women like that?

Usage notes

Joan was the usual feminine form of John in the Middle Ages. It was superseded by Jane in the 17th century, but was again very popular during the first half of the 20th century.

Translations

Anagrams

• ajon

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης ‎(Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān) "Yahweh is gracious".

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈan/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /dʒuˈan/, /dʒoˈan/

Proper noun

Joan m

1. A male given name, cognate to English John

Danish

Proper noun

Joan

1. A female given name borrowed from English, popular in the 1950s and the 1960s

Manx

Proper noun

Joan f

1. A female given name

Mutation

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης ‎(Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן ‎(Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).

Proper noun

Joan

1. A male given name, cognate to John in English

Basque

Verb

joan

1. to go

   Zergatik ez goaz etxera? - Why don't we go home?

   Datorren urtean Estatu Batuetara joango naiz. - Next year I will go to the United States.

2. to concern, affect, involve

   Ez sartu zuri ez doazkizun kontuetan. - Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.

Conjugation

Usage notes

Joan only means "to concern" when there is a dative (NORI) argument present. This can either be expressed synthetically in the verb joan or as a form of the auxiliary verb izan.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒaun/

Noun

joan m ‎(genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. dust

Mutation