pan-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pan"

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-).

Prefix

pan-

1. Used to form higher clades with one main member.

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-), combining form of πᾶς (pâs, “all, every”)

Prefix

pan-

1. all

Usage notes

• An initial capital may be used when this prefix attaches to an already capitalized word: e.g. pan-African or Pan-African.

Synonyms

• (all): al-/all-, omni-

Derived terms

English words prefixed with pan-

terms derived from pan-

• panacea
• panchromatic
• pancreas
• pandect
• pandemic
• pandemonism

• pandemonium
• pandeism
• panendeism
• panentheism
• panophobia
• panopticon

• panoply
• panorama
• panpsychism
• pansentience
• pansexual
• pantheism

• pantheon
• pantograph
• pantomime

Translations

a combining form meaning "all"

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泛 (zh) (fàn)

• Danish: pan-, al-, fælles-
• Dutch: pan- (nl), al- (nl)
• Finnish: yleis-, pan-
• Galician: pan- (gl)
• German: pan- (de)
• Greek: παν- (el) (pan-)
• Hungarian: pán- (hu)

• Irish: pan-
• Japanese: 汎 (ja) (はん, han-)
• Korean: 범 (ko) (beom-)
• Malay: pan-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pan-

  Nynorsk: pan-

• Portuguese: pan- (pt)
• Russian: пан- (ru) (pan-), все- (vse-), обще- (obšče-)

Anagrams

• -nap, ANP, NAP, NPA, PNA, nap

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Bikol Central

Prefix

pan-

1. Instrumentative case of the noun - a tool or an instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root

   ‎pan- + ‎takop (“a cover”) → ‎pantakop (“an instrument used to cover something”)

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Czech

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

Czech words prefixed with pan-

Further reading

• pan- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pan- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

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Finnish

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

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French

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

French words prefixed with pan-

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pan/, [pʰän]

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

German words prefixed with pan-

• Pangenesis

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Irish

Alternative forms

• pain-

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

Irish words prefixed with pan-

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Italian

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

Italian words prefixed with pan-

Anagrams

• NAP

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân)

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål words prefixed with pan-

References

• “pan-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pan-” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân)

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk words prefixed with pan-

References

• “pan-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), neuter form of πᾶς (pâs, “all, every”).

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

   Synonyms: omni-, todo

Derived terms

Spanish words prefixed with pan-

Further reading

• “pan-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân).

Prefix

pan-

1. pan-

Derived terms

Swedish words prefixed with pan-

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Tagalog

Prefix

pan-

1. Alternative form of pang- when used with a root word starting with d or l or s or t.

   ‎pan- + ‎diwa (“gist”) → ‎pandiwa (“verb”)

   ‎pan- + ‎lasa (“flavor”) → ‎panlasa (“taste”)

   ‎pan- + ‎samantala (“while”) → ‎pansamantala (“temporary”)

   ‎pan- + ‎takip (“a cover”) → ‎pantakip (“an instrument used to cover something”)

   ‎pan- + ‎talo (“defeat; to defeat”) → ‎panalo (“victory”)

Usage notes

• When used before root initials /d/, /s/ and /t/, it will sometimes remove initial /d/, /s/ and /t/ from the root word.

  ‎damit + ‎pan- → ‎pananamit

  ‎sulat + ‎pan- → ‎panulat

  ‎tinda + ‎pan- → ‎paninda

  ‎taon + ‎pan- → ‎panahon

• Native speakers sometimes use the prefix pang- instead of pan- without any change in the meaning of the word.

Derived terms

Tagalog words prefixed with pan-

Further reading

https://learningtagalog.com/grammar/nouns/noun_affixes/pang.html