Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word pan. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in pan.
Definitions and meaning of pan
pan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pæn/
Homophone: panne
Rhymes: -æn
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishpanne, from Old Englishpanne, from Proto-West Germanic*pannā, from Proto-Germanic*pannǭ.
Cognate with West Frisianpanne, Saterland FrisianPonne, Dutchpan, German Low GermanPanne, Pann, GermanPfanne, Danishpande, Swedishpanna, Icelandicpanna.
Noun
pan (pluralpans)
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
The contents of such a receptacle.
A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
(Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
(geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
(especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
(South Africa)Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
Short for salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
(geology)Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
(geology, obsolete South Africa)Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
Strong adverse criticism.
A loaf of bread.
(obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
(slang) A human face, a mug.
1951, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 92:
Dave and I have parted company, and I hope I never see his junky pan again.
1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 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 […].
(roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, pp. 95-96,[1]
[…] 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 […]
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
(figuratively) The brain, seen as one's intellect
14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Friar's Tale,
Unto the devil rough and black of hue
Give I thy body and my pan also."
(carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
Synonyms
(flat receptacle):frying pan, skillet, cookie sheet, tin
(tall receptacle):saucepan
(chamber pot):SeeThesaurus:chamber pot
(toilet):SeeThesaurus:toilet
Hyponyms
(expanse of flat land in a depression):flat
Hypernyms
(expanse of flat land in a depression):salt pan, salt flat, alkali pan
Derived terms
Descendants
→? Irish: panna
Translations
Verb
pan (third-person singular simple presentpans, present participlepanning, simple past and past participlepanned)
(transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
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.
(transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
(intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
(transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
(informal) To criticizeharshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)
Coordinate terms
(wash in mining):sluice
Translations
See also
(place to pan for gold):lavatory
Etymology 2
From a clipped form of panorama.
Verb
pan (third-person singular simple presentpans, present participlepanning, simple past and past participlepanned)
(intransitive, of a camera, etc.) To turn horizontally.
(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.
(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.
pan (third-person singular simple presentpans, present participlepanning, simple past and past participlepanned)
To join or fit together; to unite.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Etymology 5
From Old English. See pane.
Noun
pan (pluralpans)
A part; a portion.
(fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
A leaf of gold or silver.
Etymology 6
Clipping of pansexual.
Adjective
pan (not comparable)
(informal) Pansexual.
2012, Anna Waugh, "Texas got a pansexual legislator", Dallas Voice, Volume 29, Issue 33, 28 December 2012, 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
bi, mono
Anagrams
-nap, ANP, NAP, NPA, PNA, anp, nap
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchpan, from Middle Dutchpanne, from Old Dutch*panna, from Latinpanna, contraction of patina. The sense “lake, pond” is likely borrowed from or influenced by Englishpan.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pan/
Noun
pan (pluralpanne)
pan(receptacle)
lake or pond; pan
Synonyms
(lake):meer
Aragonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
panm
bread
References
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “pan”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem.
Noun
panm (pluralpanes)
bread
Atong (India)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pan/
Etymology 1
Noun
pan (Bengali scriptপান)
tree
firewood
Etymology 2
Classifier
pan- (Bengali scriptপান)
used with apparatus, appliances, mechanical and electrical things, cars, bikes, bicycles, mortars and umbrellas
References
van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Bambara
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [pã˦]
Verb
pan
to fly
to jump
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanishpan(“bread”), from Latinpānis, from Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-(“to feed, to graze”).
Noun
pan
bread
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanishpan(“bread”).
Noun
pan
bread
Chuukese
Noun
pan
branch (with its leaves)
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pan/
Noun
pan
Alternative form of pán
Usage notes
This is the form used when followed by a name, title, occupation etc.
Further reading
pan in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
pan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchpanne, from Old Dutch*panna, from Latinpanna, contraction of patina.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑn/
Hyphenation: pan
Rhymes: -ɑn
Noun
panf (pluralpannen, diminutivepannetjen)
pan, especially for cooking
(Netherlands) cooking pot
Synonym:pot
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: pan
→ Indonesian: panci
Anagrams
nap
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑ̃/
Homophones: pans, paon, paons, pend, pends
Etymology 1
From Latinpannus. Doublet of pagne.
Noun
panm (pluralpans)
piece, part
Synonyms:morceau, partie
side, face
flap, lap (of coat)
patch, area, section, sector
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
pan
bang! (sound of a gun)
bam!
Anagrams
APN
Further reading
“pan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem.
Noun
panm (pluralpans)
bread
Galician
Alternative forms
pão (Reintegrationist)
pam (Reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguesepan, from Latinpānis, pānem. Cognate with Portuguesepão.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpaŋ/
Noun
panm (pluralpans)
(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
a piece of bread
Synonym:peza
grain, corn, cereal
1276, M. Lucas Álvarez; P. Lucas Dominguez (eds.), 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 (ed.), 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
(by extension) food
Related terms
empanada
empanar
panadaría
panadeiro
pantrigo
References
“pan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
“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
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem.
Noun
panm
bread
Japanese
Romanization
pan
Rōmaji transcription of パン
Leonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
panm
bread
References
AEDLL
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /paŋː/
Noun
panm (invariable)
bread
Lombard
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpaŋ/
Noun
panm (invariable)
bread
Malay
Noun
pan
grandmother
Mandarin
Romanization
pan
Nonstandard spelling of pān.
Nonstandard spelling of pán.
Nonstandard spelling of pǎn.
Nonstandard spelling of pàn.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishpanne.
Noun
pan
Alternative form of pane(“pan”)
Etymology 2
From Old Frenchpan, from Latinpannus.
Noun
pan
Alternative form of pane(“fabric, fur; a portion”)
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pan)
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latinpānem, accusative singular form of pānis.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpã/
Noun
panm (pluralpães)
bread
Aquel ſantome […] nunca carne comia nen pan nen bocado / ſe non q[ua]ndo con cĩjſa Era Meſturado
That holy man […] never ate a mouthful of meat nor bread / except when it was mixed with ashes
Descendants
Fala: pan
Galician: pan
Portuguese: pão (see there for further descendants)
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latinpanis.
Noun
panm
bread
Descendants
Spanish: pan
Chavacano: pan
→ Cebuano: pan
→ Navajo: bááh
Ladino: pan
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanishpan
Noun
pan
bread
Pochutec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishpan.
Noun
pan
bread
References
Boas, Franz (July 1917) , “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in Spanish), volume 1, issue 1, DOI:10.1086/463709, JSTOR 1263398, pages 9–44
Polish
Etymology
14th c. Unknown etymology. West Slavic word. Perhaps from Proto-Slavic*gъpanъ. Cognate to Old Czechhpan, modern Czechpán and pan, Slovakpán and Lower Sorbianpan.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pan/
Noun
panm pers
gentleman, man
master, teacher
lord
Mr, mister
Declension
Pronoun
pan
you (politesecond personm-personalnominative, it takes verbs as third-personsg form)
Czy mógłby pan zamknąć drzwi? – Could you close the door?
pan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
pan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Alternative forms
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter)paun
(Sutsilvan)pàn
(Surmiran)pang
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem.
Noun
panm (pluralpans)
(Vallader, uncountable) bread
(Vallader, countable) loaf of bread
Spanish
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem whence English pantry and company. Compare Catalanpa, Frenchpain, Galicianpan, Italianpane, Portuguesepão, Romanianpâine), possibly from Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-(“to feed, to graze”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpan/, [ˈpãn]
Rhymes: -an
Noun
panm (pluralpanes)
bread
bun (e.g. the kinds used for a hamburger or hot dog)
(figuratively) money, dough
(figuratively) work, job
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Chavacano: pan
→ Cebuano: pan
→ Navajo: bááh
Further reading
“pan” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Venetian
Etymology
From Latinpānis, pānem. Compare Italianpane and Neapolitanpane.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /paŋ/, /pan/
Noun
panm (pluralpani)
bread
Welsh
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*kʷos, *kʷis. See also Scottish Gaeliccuin, Latinquando, Proto-Germanic*hwan(“when”).