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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Interjection 4 Japanese 4.1 Noun 5 Malay 5.1 Noun 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin syllable 6.1.1 Usage notes 7 Polish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.3 Pronoun 7.4 See also 8 Spanish 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Noun 8.3.1 Derived terms 8.4 See also

[ English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /pæn/
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• Rhymes: -æn

[ Etymology 1

Old English panne, from West Germanic. Cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne.

[ Noun

Singular pan

Plural pans

pan (plural pans)

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking or frying.
2. The contents of such a dish.
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
4. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
5. (geography) a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas.
6. Strong criticism.
7. A loaf of bread.
8. The base part of a toilet, consisting of a bowl and a footing. [1]
9. (slang) A face.

[ Synonyms

• (flat receptacle): frying pan, skillet
• (tall receptacle): saucepan

[ Derived terms

• bedpan
• flash in the pan
• frying pan
• pan man
• panyard
• saucepan
• baking pan

[ Translations

flat vessel used for frying

Dutch: pan nl(nl) f. Finnish: paistinpannu fi(fi), pannu fi(fi) French: poêle fr(fr) f. German: Pfanne de(de) f. Greek: τηγάνι el(el) (tigani) n., ταψί el(el) (tapsi) n.

Portuguese: caçarola pt(pt) f. Spanish: sartén es(es) f. Swedish: panna sv(sv) Telugu: పెనం (penaM)

contents of a pan

Finnish: pannullinen fi(fi)

cylindrical receptacle with one long handle

Finnish: kasari fi(fi)

wide receptacle used in gold washing

Finnish: vaskooli fi(fi)

geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin

Finnish: hauta fi(fi)

strong criticism

Finnish: murska-arvostelu fi(fi), lyttäys fi(fi)

loaf of bread

base part of a toilet

Finnish: allas fi(fi)

slang: face

Finnish: lätty fi(fi)

[ Verb

Infinitive to pan

Third person singular pans

Simple past panned

Past participle panned

Present participle panning

to pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

1. (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
2. (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
3. (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.

[ Translations

to wash in a pan

Finnish: vaskata fi(fi)

to criticise severely

Finnish: lytätä fi(fi)

to turn out well

Finnish: onnistua fi(fi), käydä hyvin

[ Etymology 2

From a clipped form of panorama.

[ Verb

Infinitive to pan

Third person singular pans

Simple past panned

Past participle panned

Present participle panning

to pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned)

1. To turn horizontally (of a camera etc.).

[ Derived terms

• pan and scan
• panner

[ Translations

to turn horizontally

Finnish: kiertää fi(fi)

Swedish: panorera

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[ Dutch

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

pan f. (plural pannen, diminutive pannetje)

1. pan

[ Related terms

• dakpan

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[ French

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /pɑ̃/

[ Etymology 1

From Latin pannus.

[ Noun

pan m. (plural pans)

1. piece, part
2. side, face
3. lap (of coat)
4. patch, area, section, sector

[ Etymology 2

Imitative.

[ Interjection

pan

1. bang

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[ Japanese

[ Noun

pan (hiragana ぱん)

1. パン: bread

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[ Malay

[ Noun

pan

1. grandmother

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[ Mandarin

[ Pinyin syllable

pan

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, pān, pán, pǎn, or pàn.

[ Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without thee appropriate indication of tone.

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[ Polish

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /pan/
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[ Noun

pan m. (plural panowie, dative singular panu, vocative singular panie)

1. gentleman, man
2. master, teacher
3. lord
4. Mr, mister

[ Pronoun

pan

1. you (polite second person m.-personal nominative, it takes verbs as third-person sg. form)

[ See also

• Declension.

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[ Spanish

[ Etymology

From Latin panis

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /pan/, SAMPA: /pan/

[ Noun

pan m. (plural panes)

1. bread

   Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche.

   For my breakfast, I have bread and milk.

[ Derived terms

• pan comido m.
• panadería f.
• panificador f.

[ See also

• tostada - Toast
• vino - Wine