pan

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

pan

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Punjabi.

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English panne, from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ.

Cognate with West Frisian panne, Saterland Frisian Ponne, Dutch pan, German Low German Panne, Pann, German Pfanne, Danish pande, Swedish panna, Icelandic panna.

Noun[edit]

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, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
    1. A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
    2. (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
    3. (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
    4. Short for salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
  7. (geology) Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
  8. (geology, obsolete South Africa) Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
  9. Strong adverse criticism.
  10. A loaf of bread.
  11. (obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
  12. (slang) A human face, a mug.
    • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
      "He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan."
    • 1993, William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, →ISBN, page 92:
      Dave and I have parted company, and I hope I never see his junky pan again.
    • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 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 […].
  13. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
  14. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
  15. (firearms) The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
    flash in the pan
    • 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar‎[1], London, pages 95-96:
      […] he pull’d the Trigger, but Providence being pleas’d to preserve me for some other Purpose, the Cock snapp’d, and miss’d Fire. Whether the Prime was wet in the Pan, or by what other Miracle it was I escap’d his Fury, I cannot say […]
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
      And he […] glared on the cold pistols that hung before him—ready for anything. And he took down one with a snatch and weighed it in his hand, and fell to thinking again; and, as he did, kept opening and shutting the pan with a snap, […]
  16. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
  17. (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
  18. (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
  19. (music) Short for steelpan.
    • 2009, Pnina Werbner, Black and Ethnic Leaderships, page 122:
      The steel band transforms the people who play in it and dance to it, and fosters links between them. […] He learned to play the pan and filled in for absent members.
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
  • (expanse of flat land in a depression): flat
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Descendants[edit]
  • →? Irish: panna
  • → Japanese: パン
Translations[edit]
flat vessel used for cooking — See also translations at frying pan
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Verb[edit]

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).
    Coordinate term: sluice
    • 1875, William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs:
      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.
  3. (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:criticize
    • 2022 May 17, Tiffany Hsu, “All Those Celebrities Pushing Crypto Are Not So Vocal Now”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN:
      Matt Damon, who compared the advent of virtual money to the development of aviation and spaceflight in a critically panned but widely seen Crypto.com ad last year, did not respond to requests to weigh in.
  4. (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
  5. (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
  • lavatory (“place where gold is panned”) (obsolete)

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. (intransitive, of a camera, etc.) To turn horizontally.
    • 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic‎[3], Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:
      Later today in Finsbury Park, the cameras would spend hours panning across 35,000 festivalgoers in search of pickpockets, drunken brawlers, and other assorted agents of petty mischief.
  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. (intransitive, imaging) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
  4. (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.
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Translations[edit]
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Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of paan

Etymology 4[edit]

Compare French pan (“skirt, lappet”), Latin pannus (“a cloth, rag”). Doublet of pagne, pane, and pannus.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. To join or fit together; to unite.
    • 31 May 1884, Leeds Mercury
      Pan it down—press an article into its proper place
    • 1963, Grower Talks:
      The plants can either be sold individually in the 3 inch pots as Valentine favors , or several may be panned together in larger pots

Etymology 5[edit]

From Old English. See pane.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Clipping of pansexual or panromantic.

Adjective[edit]

pan (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Pansexual or panromantic.
    • 2012 December 28, Anna Waugh, “Texas got a pansexual legislator”, in Dallas Voice, volume 29, number 33, 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 quotations using this term, see Citations:pan.
Coordinate terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch pan, from Middle Dutch panne, from Old Dutch *panna, from Latin panna, contraction of patina. The sense “lake, pond” is likely borrowed from or influenced by English pan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan (plural panne)

  1. pan (receptacle)
  2. lake or pond; pan

Synonyms[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun[edit]

pan m

  1. bread

References[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural panes)

  1. bread

Atong (India)[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan (Bengali script পান)

  1. tree
  2. firewood

Etymology 2[edit]

Classifier[edit]

pan- (Bengali script পান)

  1. used with apparatus, appliances, mechanical and electrical things, cars, bikes, bicycles, mortars and umbrellas

References[edit]

Bambara[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

pan

  1. to fly
  2. to jump

References[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish pan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. bread
    Synonym: tinapay

Chavacano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish pan (“bread”).

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. bread

Chuukese[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. branch (with its leaves)

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpan]
  • Hyphenation: pan
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun[edit]

pan m anim

  1. Alternative form of pán

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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?

Declension[edit]

Declension of pan (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pan páni
genitive pana pánů
dative panovi, panu pánům
accusative pana pány
vocative pane páni
locative panovi, panu pánech
instrumental panem pány

Further reading[edit]

  • pan in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • pan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch panne, from Old Dutch *panna, from Latin panna, contraction of patina.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan f (plural pannen, diminutive pannetje n)

  1. pan, especially for cooking
  2. (Netherlands) cooking pot
    Synonym: pot

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin pannus. Doublet of pagne.

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

  1. piece, part
    Synonyms: morceau, partie
    c'est un pan à part ― it's a special part
  2. side, face
  3. flap, lap (of coat)
  4. patch, area, section, sector

Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

pan

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

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

  1. bread

Galician[edit]

Galician bread

Alternative forms[edit]

  • pão (Reintegrationist)
  • pam (Reintegrationist)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese pan, from Latin pānis, pānem. Cognate with Portuguese pão.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

  1. (uncountable) bread
    • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
      que façan as paadeiras pan de dineiro que pese seis onças desque for cosido et que seja o dito pan bõo et ben cosido
      the bakers must make bread for a denarius that must weight six ounces once baked and said bread must be good and well baked
  2. a piece of bread
    Synonym: peza
  3. grain, corn, cereal
    • 1276, M. Lucas Álvarez; P. Lucas Dominguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 375:
      et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et de poo, d'eruellada et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan
      and this grain must be that that God gives at that place, and it must be clean of chaff and dust, of vetch and fodder, and it must be well dry and well clean and good grain
    • 1301, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:
      A Eluira, I moyo de pan do nouo, de qual ouueren, e I bacoro
      To Elvira, one modius of grain of the new harvest, whichever they happen to have there, and one piglet
  4. (by extension) food

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “pan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “pan” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “pan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “pan” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pan” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Istriot[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun[edit]

pan m

  1. bread

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

pan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of パン

Leonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun[edit]

pan m

  1. bread

References[edit]

Ligurian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m (invariable)

  1. bread

Lombard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Pronunciation[edit]

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.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English panne.

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. Alternative form of pane (“pan”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old French pan, from Latin pannus.

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. Alternative form of pane (“fabric, fur; a portion”)

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan pan, from Latin pānis, pānem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

  1. bread

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pannus.

Noun[edit]

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 apart parts of his armor

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pan)

Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin pānem. Cognate with Old Spanish pan.

Noun[edit]

pan m

  1. bread

Descendants[edit]

  • Fala: pan
  • Galician: pan
  • Portuguese: pão (see there for further descendants)

Further reading[edit]

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ. First attested in the 13th century. Displaced earlier gospodzin

Noun[edit]

pan m (feminine pani or panna)

  1. lord (master of a feudal manor)
    • 1293, Pommerellisches Urkundenbuch‎[4], Max Perlbach, page 451:
      Pan Andreas castellanus Danensis
    • 1399, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 368, published 1959:
      Esze Boguchna otkaszala Potrkovi dacz swego posagu panu posnanskemu trzinaczcze grziwni
      Eże Boguchna otkazała Piotrkowi dać swego posagu panu poznańskiemu trzynaćcie grzywny
  2. ducal or princely official
    • 1275, Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, published 1874, page 136:
      Omnesque eius (sc. monasterii) villas... cum... incolis... a domino custodie, qui dicitur vlg. pan stroze vel stroznj, semper facimus liberos
  3. (more specifically) beaver official (ducal lord or acting official in charge of beavers, the mammal)
    Synonym: bobrownik
    • 1275, Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, published 1874, page 136:
      Dominus castorum dictus wlgo pan bobrowi
  4. dignitary
    • 14th/15th century, Monumenta Poloniae Historica. Pomniki Dziejowe Polski‎[5], August Bielowski, published 1864, page 468:
      Dicitur pan in Slavonico maior dominus... Xandz autem maior est quam pan, veluti princeps et superior rex
    • Beginning of the 15th century, Kazania gnieźnieńskie‎[6], page 11b:
      A *szaprafdocz na tem tho svecze malo takich kaplanof nadze ('najdzie')..., chos bycz ony krole, xøszøtha y tesze pany bogathe o gich sloscz karaly ge
      A zaprawdęć na tem to świecie mało takich kapłanow nadzie ('najdzie')..., coż być oni krole, książęta y teże pany bogate o jich złość karali je
    • c. 15th century, Prace Filologiczne‎[7], volume 5, Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego i Malinowski Lucjan, published 1885, page 289:
      Czelny panowye barones
      Czelni panowie barones
      XV p. post.
  5. dignitary of property
  6. (military) cavalry officer
    • Fifteenth century, Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XLVII, published 1874-1891, page 359:
      Filius tribuni chorøsznego pana
      Filius tribuni chorążnego pana
  7. nobleman
    • Fifteenth century, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎[9], Ludwik Bernacki, published 1930, Judith 5, page 26:
      Y stalo syø gdisz Achior przestal mowyenya slow swich, roznyewaly syø wszitcy wyelyci panowye (omnes magnates) Olofernovy
      I stało się gdyż Achior przestał mowienia słow swych, rozniewali się wszytcy wielicy panowie (omnes magnates) Olofernowi
    • c. 1500, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎[10], Bolesław Erzepki, published 1908, page 62:
      Optimas stoleczny pan
      Optimas stołeczny pan
  8. (in the plural, law) court officials
    • 1398, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 362, published 1959:
      Iako Sandziuoy starosta wmovil medzi mnø a medzi Sczepanem, esz ne mal na mø niyednego roku stacz nisz przet timi pani, czso sø nameneni
      Jako Sędziwoj starosta umowił miedzy mną a miedzy Szczepanem, eż nie miał na mię nijednego roku stać niż przed tymi pany, czso są namienieni
  9. lord (one possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler)
    • 1398, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 381, published 1959:
      Yssze Marczin ne odmouil Yana szoltisa od rok za swego pana, za Wolwrama
      Iże Marcin nie odmowił Jana sołtysa od rok za swego pana, za Wolwrama
    • 1424, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. III, Roty kościańskie, number 1048, Henryk Kowalewicz i Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, published 1967:
      Jaco pan dzedziczny Dzbansky dal Janowy mlin czynicz w dzedzyczstwo
      Jako pan dziedziczny Dzbąski dał Janowi młyn czynić w dziedzicstwo
    • c. 1428, Prace Filologiczne‎[11], volume 5, Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego i Malinowski Lucjan, published 1885, page 487:
      Dobrowolne panowe ffeodales
      Dobrowolne panowie ffeodales
    • Fifteenth century, Słowniczek łacińsko- polski wyrazów prawa magdeburskiego z wieku XV. Przedruk homograficzny z kodeksu kórnickiego‎[12], Zygmunt Celichowski, published 1875, page 7:
      Liber (sc. dominus) wolny pan
  10. title of respect or formality often used with nobility or officials
    • 1395, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 187, published 1959:
      Tedi *rzegk pan Hinczka
      Tedy rzek[ł] pan Hynczka
    • 1395, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 187, published 1959:
      Jako do Vtroszina... przigeli, taco rzecli gednacze pana Hinczkoui
      Jako do [J]utroszyna... przyjeli, tako rzekli jednacze pana Hynczkowi
    • 1399, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 378, published 1959:
      Pani Poluiczska Hanka ma postauicz zachoczczø przecziw Potraszoui Czepurskemu pana choranszego Paska
      Pani Polwicska Hanka ma postawić zachodźcę przeciw Piotraszowi Czepurskiemu pana chorążego Paszka
    • 1400, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 433, published 1959:
      Iaco to swatczø, iz pan sandza o tø rzecz alisz po trzech *ledzech zalowal na Troyana
      Jako to świadczę, iż pan sędzia o tę rzecz aliż po trzech leciech żałował na Trojana
    • 1401, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 522, published 1959:
      Iacom sø ne zamowil prze[d] pani Czarnkowskimi Janoui praw bich (leg. być) *vsm krziwen
      Jakom się nie zamowił prze[d] pany Czarnkowskimi Janowi praw być ośm krzywien
    • 1411, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 835, published 1959:
      Yaco gdy pan Jan Czepurski wyprawil Splawskego s gysczyny, tedi go ne gabal prawem, asz trsy latha mynøly
      Jaco gdy pan Jan Czepurski wyprawił Spławskiego z jiściny, tedy go nie gabał prawem, aż trzy lata minęły
    • 1419, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 979, published 1959:
      Yaco Newstąmp Swekoczsky szedl na pana Janową lanka Potrowskego gwaltem
      Jako Nieustęp Świekocski szedł na pana Janowę łąkę Piotrowskiego gwałtem
    • 1422, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 1117, published 1959:
      Ysze pąn Jaroslaw sz Lubacowa, podkomorze, ne yest vinouat... czterdczesczy grzyven... sza woly
      Iże pan Jarosław z Lubiatowa, podkomorze, nie jest winowat... czterdzieści grzywien... za woły
    • 1448–1450, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Franciszek Piekosiński, published 1895, page 72, sim. ib. 74:
      Vstawyenye przes oswyeczonego ksządza pana Wlodzyslawa (per serenissimum regem Vladislaum), krola polskego, ... w Krakowye... wywolane
      Ustawienie przez oświeconego księdza pana Włodzisława (per serenissimum regem Vladislaum), krola polskiego, ... w Krakowie... wywołane
  11. lord, master (male head of a household, a father or husband)
    • End of the 14th century, Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki‎[13], published 1939, page 104:
      Postawil gyey panem (constituit eum dominum) domu swego y ksødzem wszego bydla swego
      Postawił jej panem (constituit eum dominum) domu swego i księdzem wszego bydła swego
    • Fifteenth century, Piśmiennictwo polskie od czasów najdawniejszych aż do roku 1830, volume 4, Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, published 1853, page 44:
      Ktho tho wsdruschy, dyabel bandzye pan gego duschi
  12. husband (male member of a marriage)
    Synonym: mąż
    • 1386, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, t. I, Roty poznańskie, number 4, published 1959:
      Item domina de Czepury prestabit iuramentum...: Jaco yest moy pan ne uinouat Sulcoui trzinaczcze grziwen za Czepuri
      Item domina de Czepury prestabit iuramentum...: Jako jest moj pan nie winowat Sułkowi trzynaćcie grzywien za Czepury
  13. Lord (title of God)
    • End of the 14th century, Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki‎[14], published 1939, page 102:
      Blogoslawcze panv (domino, Puł: bogu) wszyczki syly yego
      Błogosławcie Panu (domino, Puł: Bogu) wszyćki siły jego

Declension[edit]

Declension of pan
singular dual plural
nominative pan — pany/panowie
genitive pana — —
dative panu — —
accusative pana — —
instrumental panem — —
locative — — —
vocative panie — —

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns
verbs

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin panis.

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural panes)

  1. bread
    • c. 1200, Cantar de mio Cid:
      Del agua fezist vino e dela piedra pan,
      Of the water Thou madest wine and of the stone bread,

Descendants[edit]

  • Ladino: pan
  • Spanish: pan (see there for further descendants)

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish pan.

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. bread

Piedmontese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m

  1. bread

Pochutec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish pan.

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. bread

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish pan. First attested in the 13th century.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m pers (abbreviation p. or pp., feminine pani)

  1. gentleman, man (specific male person, especially one unknown to the speaker)
    Jakiś pan mi pomógł. ― A certain gentleman helped me.
  2. master, lord (person with power over something)
  3. sir (rich, well-presenting person)
    Synonym: panisko
  4. lord (master of a house)
  5. teacher
    Synonym: nauczyciel
  6. master (owner of a household pet)
  7. Mr, mister (title before a last name)
  8. (Middle Polish) husband (male member of a marriage)
    Synonym: mąż
  9. (Middle Polish) protector
    Synonym: protektor
  10. (Middle Polish) owner
    Synonym: właściciel

Declension[edit]

Declension of pan
singular plural
nominative pan panowie/pany (depreciative)
genitive pana panów
dative panu panom
accusative pana panów
instrumental panem panami
locative panu panach
vocative panie panowie

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
adverb
nouns
verbs

Descendants[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

pan m (feminine pani)

  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?
    Coordinate terms: pani, państwo

Declension[edit]

Declension of pan
singular plural
nominative pan panowie/pany (depreciative)
genitive pana panów
dative panu panom
accusative pana panów
instrumental panem panami
locative panu panach
vocative panie panowie

See also[edit]

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), pan is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 10 times in news, 12 times in essays, 373 times in fiction, and 1417 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1819 times, making it the 22nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “pan”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “pan”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 354

Further reading[edit]

  • pan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “pan”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • “PAN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.11.2009
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “pan”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “pan”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pan”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 30
  • pan in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pans)

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

Southwestern Dinka[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. home, homestead, compound, abode, village, country

References[edit]

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[15], 2005

Spanish[edit]

Pan
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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin pānem whence English pantry and company. Compare Catalan pa, French pain, Galician pan, Italian pane, Portuguese pão, Romanian pâine), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpan/ [ˈpãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: pan

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural panes)

  1. bread
    Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche.
    For my breakfast, I have bread and milk.
  2. bun (e.g. the kinds used for a hamburger or hot dog)
  3. (figurative) money, dough
  4. (figurative) work, job

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pan m (plural pani)

  1. bread

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. See also Scottish Gaelic cuin, Latin quando, Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

pan

  1. when, while
    Synonyms: amser, pryd

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pan ban mhan phan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Yogad[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish pan (“bread”).

Noun[edit]

pan

  1. bread

Zou[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pan

  1. thin

References[edit]

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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