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 – the chimpanzees, native to central Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Euarchontoglires - superorder; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Panina - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes - species

English

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) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• nap
• NPA
• PNA

Czech

Proper noun

Pan m

1. Pan

Italian

Proper noun

Pan m

1. Pan

Japanese

Romanization

Pan

1. rōmaji reading of パン

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.

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pan m

1. Pan

Noun

Pan m pers

1. Lord

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pan m

1. Alternative spelling of Pã

English

Noun

pan ‎(plural pans)

A pan (1)

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking
2. The contents of such a receptacle
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home
4. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation. A basin.
5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water
6. (geography) a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas
7. Strong adverse criticism
8. A loaf of bread
9. (obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
10. (slang) A human face, a mug.
    • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, page 103:

      This was the kind of operator who would tell you to be there at nine sharp and if you weren't sitting quietly with a pleased smile on your pan when he floated in two hours later on a double Gibson, he would have a paroxysm of outraged executive ability […].

11. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel
12. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
13. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
14. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brain-pan.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

15. (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
16. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan.

Synonyms

• (flat receptacle): frying pan, skillet, cookie sheet, tin
• (tall receptacle): saucepan
• (chamber pot): See Wikisaurus:chamber pot
• (toilet): See Wikisaurus:toilet

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

panned gold

pan ‎(third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

1. (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
   • General Sherman

     We […] witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand.

2. (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
   • 2013, Catwoman (film), English Wikipedia:

     Catwoman was heavily panned by critics and holds a 9% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 179 reviews with the consensus stating: "Halle Berry is the lone bright spot, but even she can't save this laughable action thriller".

3. (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
4. (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
5. (informal) To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

Coordinate terms

• (wash in mining): sluice

See also

• (place to pan for gold): lavatory

Translations

Etymology 2

From a clipped form of panorama.

Verb

pan ‎(third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

1. to turn horizontally (of a camera etc.)
2. (intransitive, photography) to move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
3. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

Coordinate terms

• (of a camera): tilt, cant

Derived terms

• pan and scan
• panner

See also

• cinema
• cinematography
• portrait
• tripod

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

pan ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of paan

Etymology 4

Compare French pan ‎(“skirt, lappet”), Latin pannus ‎(“a cloth, rag”).

Verb

pan ‎(third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

1. To join or fit together; to unite.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 5

Old English. See pane.

Noun

pan ‎(plural pans)

1. A part; a portion.
2. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
3. A leaf of gold or silver.

Etymology 6

From pansexual by shortening.

Adjective

pan ‎(not comparable)

1. (slang) Pansexual.
   • 2012, Anna Waugh, "Texas got a pansexual legislator", Dallas Voice, Volume 29, Issue 33, 28 December 2012, page 9:

     When she publicly acknowledged that she is pan, it educated citizens near and far on what that sexuality meant and the importance of being proud of who you are.

   • 2013, Alejandra Rodriguez, "Isn't That Bisexual?", Outwrite, Fall 2013, page 7:

     Another anonymous pansexual disclosed, "Sometimes I feel really left out because I'm pan. […]

   • 2013, Megan Hertner, "Understanding Gender and Sexuality", Grapevine (Huron University College), December 2013, page 19:

     A similar experience is shared by individuals who identify their sexuality as pan, bi or queer.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:pan.

Anagrams

• nap
• NPA
• PNA

Afrikaans

Noun

pan ‎(plural panne)

1. lake
2. pan

Synonyms

• (lake): meer

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

pan m ‎(plural panes)

1. bread

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish pan ‎(“bread”), from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‎(“to feed, to graze”).

Noun

pan

1. bread

Chuukese

Noun

pan

1. branch (with its leaves)

Czech

Noun

pan

1. Alternative form of pán

Usage notes

• This is the form used when followed by a name, title, occupation etc.

  pan Novák‎

  Mr Novák

  Pane předsedo, dámy a pánové...‎

  Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen...

  Vítejte, pane rytíři.‎

  Welcome, Sir Knight.

  Kdy přijde pan doktor, sestřičko?‎

  When will the doctor come, nurse?

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pannōn. Cognate with English pan, German Pfanne.

Noun

pan f ‎(plural pannen, diminutive pannetje n)

1. A pan, especially for cooking.
2. (Netherlands) pot
3. A pan

Synonyms

• (pot): pot
• (cake pan): koekenpan

Derived terms

• (frying pan): braadpan
• (grilling pan): grillpan
• (cooking pan): kookpan
• (sauce pan): sauspan
• (soup pan): soeppan
• (snacks pan): hapjespan
• (deep frying pan, fries pan): frituurpan

Related terms

• dakpan
• steelpan

Anagrams

• nap

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Latin pannus.

Noun

pan m ‎(plural pans)

1. piece, part
2. side, face
3. lap (of coat)
4. patch, area, section, sector

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

pan

1. bang! (sound of a gun)

   Pan! T'es mort !‎

   Bang! You're dead!

2. bam!

Anagrams

• APN

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

pan m ‎(plural pans)

1. bread

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pan, from Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

pan m ‎(plural pans)

1. bread
2. (by extension) any food

Related terms

• panadeiro
• panadería

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

pan m

1. bread

Japanese

Romanization

pan

1. rōmaji reading of パン

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paŋː/

Noun

pan m ‎(invariable)

1. bread

Lojban

Rafsi

pan

1. rafsi of panci.

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋː/

Noun

pan m ‎(invariable)

1. bread

Malay

Noun

pan

1. grandmother

Mandarin

Romanization

pan

1. Nonstandard spelling of pān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal pan, from Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

pan m (plural pans)

1. bread

Related terms

• panier

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pannus.

Noun

pan m ‎(oblique plural pans, nominative singular pans, nominative plural pan)

1. bit; piece; part
2. (specifically) a piece of armor
   • Et de l'hauberc li runpirent les pans

     They broke parts parts of his armor

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pan)

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpã/

Noun

pan m ‎(plural pães)

1. bread
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 95 (facsimile):

     Aquel ſantome […] nunca carne comia nen pan nen bocado / ſe non q[ua]ndo con cĩjſa Era Meſturado

     That holy man […] never ate a mouthful of meat nor bread / except when it was mixed with ashes

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

XIV c. Unknown etymology. West Slavic word. Possibly from Old Saxon fan ‎(“from noble family”). Cognate to Old Czech hpan, modern Czech and Slovak pan and pán, Sorbian pan, Ukrainian пан ‎(pan), Belarusian пан ‎(pan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pan̪/

Noun

pan m pers

1. gentleman, man
2. master, teacher
3. lord
4. Mr, mister

Declension

Pronoun

pan

1. you (polite second person m-personal nominative, it takes verbs as third-person sg form)

   Czy mógłby pan zamknąć drzwi? – Could you close the door?

Declension

See also

• pani, państwo
• Appendix:Polish pronouns
• пан

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) paun
• (Sutsilvan) pàn
• (Surmiran) pang

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

pan m (plural pans)

1. (Vallader, uncountable) bread
2. (Vallader, countable) loaf of bread

Spanish

Pan

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem (compare Catalan pa, French pain, Galician pan, Italian pane, Portuguese pão, Romanian pâine), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‎(“to feed, to graze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pan/
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

pan m ‎(plural panes)

1. bread

   Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche.

   For my breakfast, I have bread and milk.

2. (figuratively) money, dough
3. (figuratively) work, job

Derived terms

Related terms

• panera
• panero

See also

• tostada - Toast
• vino - Wine

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem. Compare Italian pane and Neapolitan pane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paŋ/, /pan/

Noun

pan m (plural pani)

1. bread

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pan/

Conjunction

pan

1. when, while

Mutation