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.

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

Related terms

• all-
• omni-

Translations

a combining form meaning "all"

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泛 (zh) (fàn)

• Danish: pan-, al-, fælles-
• Dutch: pan- (nl), al- (nl)
• Finnish: yleis-, pan-
• German: pan- (de)
• Greek: παν- (el) (pan-)
• 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, anp, 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

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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]

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-

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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-

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Tagalog

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

Usage notes

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

Further reading

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