Pan Definition
- gold pan
- baking pan
- bucket
- pail
- kettle
- vessel
- pot
- container
- piepan
- goat god
- cooking pan
- genus Pan
- knock
- reprobation
- condemnation
A combining form meaning "all", used in the formation of compound words, particularly those that identify collections of all places in a region, cultures within a group, or religions.
(slang) Pansexual.
- to yield gold, as gravel, a mine, etc.
- to turn out (as specified); transpire; esp., to turn out well; succeed
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pan
Origin of Pan
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Middle English from Old English panne from West Germanic panna probably from Vulgar Latin patna from Latin patina shallow pan, platter from Greek patanē petə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English panne, from Proto-Germanic *pannōn. Cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne.
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Greek from pan neuter of pās pant- all pant- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Compare French pan (“skirt, lappet"), Latin pannus (“a cloth, rag").
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From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pan), neuter form of πᾶς (pas, “all, every”)
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Middle English from Latin Pān from Greek
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for panorama or panoramic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From a clipped form of panorama.
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From pansexual by shortening.
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Old English. See pane.
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