pan

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English panne, from Proto-Germanic *pannōn. Cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne.

Noun[edit]

pan (plural pans)

  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. The base part of a toilet, consisting of a bowl and a footing
  10. (slang) A human face, a mug.
    • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 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
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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.
  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.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From a clipped form of panorama.

Verb[edit]

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.
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pan (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of paan.

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Afrikaans[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan (plural panne)

  1. lake
  2. pan

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Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural panes)

  1. bread

Dutch[edit]

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pan f (plural pannen, diminutive pannetje)

  1. pan
  2. (Netherlands) pot

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French[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin pannus.

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

pan

  1. (the sound of a gun) bang!
    Pan! T'es mort!
    Bang! You're dead!
  2. bam!

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Galician[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

  1. bread
  2. (by extension) any food

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Japanese[edit]

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pan

  1. See パン

Lojban[edit]

Rafsi[edit]

pan

  1. rafsi of panci.

Lombard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin panis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈpaŋː/

Noun[edit]

pan m (invariable)

  1. bread

Malay[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. grandmother

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

pan

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

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


Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old Provençal pan < Latin panis.

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

  1. bread

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

XIV c. Unknown etymology. West Slavic word. Cognate to Old Czech hpan, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian pan.

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pan m

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

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Pronoun[edit]

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?

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Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis.

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pan m

  1. (Vallader) bread

Noun 2[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

  1. (Vallader) loaf of bread

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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pan m (plural panes)

  1. bread
    Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche.
    For my breakfast, I have bread and milk.

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Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Italian pane

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pani)

  1. bread