pan
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /pæn/
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- Rhymes: -æn
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English panne, from West Germanic. Cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne.
[edit] Noun
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pan (plural pans)
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (geography) a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- A loaf of bread.
- The base part of a toilet, consisting of a bowl and a footing. [1]
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
[edit] Synonyms
- (flat receptacle): frying pan, skillet, cookie sheet
- (tall receptacle): saucepan
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- 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
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to pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
- (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From a clipped form of panorama.
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to pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)
- To turn horizontally (of a camera etc.).
- (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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[edit] Afrikaans
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pan
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[edit] Dutch
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pan f. (plural pannen, diminutive pannetje, diminutive plural pannetjes)
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[edit] French
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- IPA: /pɑ̃/
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pan m. (plural pans)
[edit] Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
[edit] Interjection
pan!
[edit] Galician
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pan m. (plural pans)
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[edit] Japanese
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pan (hiragana ぱん)
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pan
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pan
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, pān, pán, pǎn, or 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.
[edit] Polish
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pan m.
[edit] Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
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| Nominative | pan | panowie |
| Genitive | pana | panów |
| Dative | panu | panom |
| Accusative | pana | panów |
| Instrumental | panem | panami |
| Locative | panu | panach |
| Vocative | panie | panowie |
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pan
- 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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| Singular | Plural | |
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| Nominative | pan | panowie |
| Genitive | pana | panów |
| Dative | panu | panom |
| Accusative | pana | panów |
| Instrumental | panem | panami |
| Locative | panu | panach |
| Vocative | panie | panowie |
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[edit] Spanish
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pan m. (plural panes)
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[edit] Derived terms
- pan comido m.
- panadería f.
- panificador f.