vane

Other forms of vane

plural

vanes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vane

What does vane mean?

vane means "mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vane?

vane has 1 syllable: vane. In IPA it is /ˈveɪn/.

What is another word for vane?

Close synonyms include weathervane, weather vane, wind vane, blade, web. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vane a common word?

vane is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with vane?

2 words rhyme with vane. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.