pandémie

See also: pandemie, Pandemie, and pandemię

French

Etymology

Composed by πᾶν (pân, “all”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”), on the model of épidémie. The Greek word πανδημία (pandimía) is itself a borrowing from the French word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.de.mi/

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• Hyphenation: pan‧dé‧mie
• Homophone: pandémies

Noun

pandémie f (plural pandémies)

1. pandemic

Derived terms

• pandémique

See also

• pain de mie

Further reading

• “pandémie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012