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.

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English

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. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.
  2. (astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Saturn, notable for its equatorial ridge.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

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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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

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Pan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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
    Synonym: A
    Pan MiguelFather of Miguel
    Pan MariaFather of Maria

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