pan

See also Appendix:Variations of "pan"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pæn/

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• Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (flat receptacle): frying pan, skillet, cookie sheet
• (tall receptacle): saucepan

Derived terms

• bedpan re nursing
• deadpan
• flash in the pan re (a short-term celebrity)
• frying pan re used for cooking
• pan former
• pan man
• panyard
• saucepan re used for cooking
• baking pan re used for cooking

Translations

flat vessel used for cooking

• Afrikaans: pan (af)
• Avar: хьаг (av)
• Czech: pánev (cs)
• Dalmatian: forsaura f, padella f, tacla f
• Dutch: pan (nl) f
• Finnish: paistinpannu (fi), pannu (fi)
• French: poêle (fr) f
• Georgian: ქვაბი (ka) (k’vabi), ტაფა (ka) (tap’a)
• German: Pfanne (de) f
• Greek: τηγάνι (el) (tigani) n, (oven roasting pan) ταψί (el) (tapsi) n
• Italian: padella (it) f, tegame (it) m
• Neapolitan: sartanio m
• Norwegian: panne (no) m and f

• Persian: ماهی‌ تابه (fa)
• Portuguese: caçarola (pt) f
• Romanian: cratiță (ro) f, f
• Russian: сковорода (ru) (skovorodá) f
• Scottish Gaelic: aghann (gd) f, pana (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тепсија (sh) f

  Roman: tepsija (sh) f

• Sotho: pane (st)
• Spanish: sartén (es) f
• Swahili: sufuria (sw)
• Swedish: panna (sv)
• Telugu: పెనం (penaM)
• Volapük: paäl (vo)

contents of a pan

• Afrikaans: pan (af)
• Finnish: pannullinen (fi)
• Greek: τηγανιά (el) (tiganiá) f

• Italian: padellata (it) f
• Russian: сковорода (ru) (skovorodá) f

cylindrical receptacle with one long handle

• Finnish: kasari (fi)
• Italian: casseruola (it) f

• Russian: кастрюля (ru) (kastr'úl'a) f

wide receptacle used in gold washing

• Afrikaans: pan (af)
• Finnish: vaskooli (fi)

• Italian: batea (it) f
• Russian: лоток (ru) (lotók) m

geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin

• Afrikaans: pan (af)
• Finnish: hauta (fi)

• Greek: λεκάνη (el) (lekáni) f
• Russian: котловина (ru) (kotlovína) f

strong criticism

• Finnish: murska-arvostelu (fi), lyttäys (fi)

• Russian: разнос (ru) (raznós) m

loaf of bread

• Italian: fetta di pane (it), fetta (it) f

base part of a toilet

• Finnish: allas (fi)

• Russian: унитаз (ru) (unitáz) m

slang: face

• Finnish: lätty (fi)

• Italian: muso (it) m

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.
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.

Coordinate terms

• (wash in mining): sluice

Translations

to wash in a pan

• Finnish: vaskata (fi)

to criticise severely

• Arabic: ينتقد بشدة (ar)
• Finnish: lytätä (fi)

• Italian: stroncare (it)
• Swedish: sabla (sv)

to turn out well

• Finnish: onnistua (fi), käydä hyvin

to beat convincingly

• Finnish: pieksää (fi), piestä (fi), rökittää (fi)

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.

Coordinate terms

• (of a camera): tilt, cant

Derived terms

• pan and scan
• panner

See also

• cinema
• cinematography
• portrait
• tripod

Translations

to turn horizontally

• Finnish: kiertää (fi)
• Norwegian: panorere (no)

• Swedish: panorera

Etymology 3

Noun

pan (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of paan.

Anagrams

• nap
• NPA
• PNA

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Afrikaans

Noun

pan (plural panne)

1. lake
2. pan

Synonyms

• (lake): meer

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Asturian

Noun

pan m (plural panes)

1. bread

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑn

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Noun

pan f (plural pannen, diminutive pannetje)

1. pan
2. (Netherlands) pot

Synonyms

• (pan): koekenpan
• (pot): pot

Related terms

• dakpan

Anagrams

• nap

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /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. (the sound of a gun) bang!

   Pan! T'es mort!

   Bang! You're dead!

2. bam!

Anagrams

• APN

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Galician

Noun

pan m (plural pans)

1. bread
2. (by extension) any food

Related terms

• panadeiro
• panadería

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Japanese

Romanization

pan

1. See パン

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Lojban

Rafsi

pan

1. rafsi of panci.

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Lombard

Etymology

From Latin panis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpaŋː/

Noun

pan m (invariable)

1. bread

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Malay

Noun

pan

1. grandmother

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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 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.

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Occitan

Etymology

Old Provençal pan < Latin panis.

Noun

pan m (plural pans)

1. bread

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pan̪/

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Noun

pan m

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

Declension

    declension of pan

	singular	plural
nominative	pan	panowie
genitive	pana	panów
dative	panu	panom
accusative	pana	panów
instrumental	panem	panami
locative	panu	panach
vocative	panie	panowie

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

    declension of pan

	singular	plural
nominative	pan	panowie
genitive	pana	panów
dative	panu	panom
accusative	pana	panów
instrumental	panem	panami
locative	panu	panach
vocative	panie	panowie

See also

• pani, państwo
• Appendix:Polish pronouns
• пан

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin pānis.

Noun 1

pan m

1. (Vallader) bread

Noun 2

pan m (plural pans)

1. (Vallader) loaf of bread

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Spanish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pan/, X-SAMPA: /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.

Derived terms

• pan comido m
• panadería f
• panificador f

See also

• tostada - Toast
• vino - Wine

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian pane

Noun

pan m (plural pani)

1. bread