Pan

Pan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pan"

Translingual

Etymology

1816, in Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, by Lorenz Oken. From Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

Proper noun

Pan m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – chimpanzees and bonobos, native to central Africa.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæn/, [pʰæn]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Homophone: panne
  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

From Middle English Pan, from Latin Pān, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

Proper noun

Pan

  1. (Greek mythology) Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes.
    Near-synonyms: Faunus, Pales (Roman counterparts, not identical)
  2. (astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Saturn, notable for its equatorial ridge.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin .

Proper noun

Pan (plural Pans)

  1. A surname.

Noun

Pan (plural Pans)

  1. Ellipsis of Peter Pan.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Pan

  1. A suburb of Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5088). [1]

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Proper noun

the Pan

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) The workhouse in St Pancras, London.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pan m

  1. (Greek mythology) Pan

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpan]
  • Homophone: pan

Proper noun

Pan m anim

  1. Pan

Declension

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

Proper noun

Pan (genitive Pans)

  1. (Greek mythology) Pan

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: Pàn

Proper noun

Pan m

  1. (Greek mythology) Pan

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Pan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of パン

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πᾱ́ν (Pā́n).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Pān m sg (genitive Pānos); third declension

    1. (Greek mythology) Pan

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

    singular
    nominative Pān
    genitive Pānos
    dative Pānī
    accusative Pāna
    ablative Pāne
    vocative Pān

    Descendants

    • English: Pan

    References

    Luxembourgish

    Etymology

    From Old High German panna, northern variant of phanna, akin to German Pfanne, Dutch pan, English pan.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /paːn/

    Noun

    Pan f (plural Panen)

    1. pan
      Hee bréit d'Fleesch an der Pan.
      He is frying the meat in a pan.

    Middle English

    Etymology

    From Latin Pan, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /paːn/, /pan/

    Proper noun

    Pan

    1. Pan (Greek god)

    Descendants

    References

    Occitan

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin Pan, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

    Proper noun

    Pan m

    1. Pan (Greek god)

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpan/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification: Pan
    • Homophones: pan, PAN, pan-

    Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Latin Pan, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

    Proper noun

    Pan m pers

    1. (Greek mythology) Pan (Greek god of nature)
    Declension

    Proper noun

    Pan m animal

    1. (astronomy) Pan (moon of Saturn)
    Declension

    Etymology 2

    From pan.

    Noun

    Pan m pers (female equivalent Pani)

    1. Lord, Sir (title)
    Declension

    Proper noun

    Pan m pers

    1. Lord (God)
    2. (biblical, Christianity, theology) Lord (Jesus)
    Declension
    Derived terms
    adjective

    Further reading

    • Pan”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • Pan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

    Proper noun

    Pan m

    1. alternative spelling of

    Tagalog

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Mandarin (Pān). Doublet of Pua and Poon.

    Proper noun

    Pan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔)

    1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin

    Etymology 2

    From Kapampangan, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala by Fr. Noceda & San Lucar.

    Noun

    Pan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

    1. father of
      Synonyms: A, An
      Pan MiguelFather of Miguel
      Pan MariaFather of Maria

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