pan en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /pæn/ (Canada, General-American)
- /pæn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pæːn/ (Australia)
- [peːn] (Australia) æ-raising
- /pan/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
- /pɛn/ (New-Zealand)
- [peə̯n] ~ [pɛə̯n] (Canada, General-American) æ-raising
- (California) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina? Latin pannabor.? Proto-Germanic *pannǭ Proto-West Germanic *pannā Old English panne Middle English panne English pan From Middle English panne, from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ. Further origin uncertain. Alois Walde firstly suggests that it might be from Late Latin panna, from Latin patina (“broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan”), from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē, “kind of flat dish”), which is probably from Pre-Greek. But the sound shifting from /patina/ → /patna/ → /panna/ raises questions as -tn- to -nn- is rarely seen in Latin. The mainstream theory as of now (Friedrich Kluge, Julius Pokorny, Guus Kroonen) suggests that it is from Late Latin panna. But its sparse attestation only in the frontier inscriptions and not widespread in most Romance languages raises doubts among a few scholars (notably Michiel de Vaan), being skeptical about its origin, and open for any interpretations (Oxford English Dictionary). Vladmir Orel, in his work Albanian Etymological Dictionary, suggests that both Proto-Germanic *pannǭ and Late Latin panna could be from a non-IE Mediterranean substrate word, considering that classical Latin attestations are scarce and distributed in a specific region, and Proto-Germanic loanwords from non-IE substrates often include agricultural terms, seafaring vocabulary, or animal names. Although, this substrate hypothesis is controversial and most scholars remain skeptical about it. In either case of relationship to the Latin, the English word is a doublet of patina; see there for more doublets and further detail. Cognate with West Frisian panne, Saterland Frisian Ponne, Dutch pan, German Low German Panne, Pann, German Pfanne, Danish pande, Swedish panna, Icelandic panna.
Meanings
- 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.
- 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.
- (South-Africa, especially) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially ▸ A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- (South-Africa) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially ▸ Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially ▸ Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
alt of salt pan
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
alt of hardpan
- (South-Africa, obsolete) Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
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Strong adverse criticism.
The notices The Gallery received, while hardly pans, were only mixed.
1977 August 20, Robert Etherington, “John Horne Burns and His Enemies”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 10:
- (Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
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A bedpan.
1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She yanks the pan out from under me & it spills all over the bed. Then she's got to change the sheets! Unreal.
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(slang) A human face, a mug.
"He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan."
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:Dave and I have parted company, and I hope I never see his junky pan again.
1993, William S. Burroughs, edited by Oliver Harris, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, →ISBN, page 92: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 […].
1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 103:
- 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.
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The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
And he […] glared on the cold pistols that hung before him—ready for anything. And he took down one with a snatch and weighed it in his hand, and fell to thinking again; and, as he did, kept opening and shutting the pan with a snap, […]
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:[…] 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 […]
1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, pages 95–96:flash in the pan
Holonym: firearm
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
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(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."
- A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of steelpan.
alt of steelpan
The steel band transforms the people who play in it and dance to it, and fosters links between them. […] He learned to play the pan and filled in for absent members.
2009, Pnina Werbner, Black and Ethnic Leaderships, page 122:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pen | Number=Plur | humorous | lexicographic |
| pans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pan-loaf · brainpan · pancake · ash pan · pan bread · washpan · Pullman pan · pan haggerty · solution pan · pan flute · hit the pan · bedpan · panhouse · steelpan · panware · roasting pan · milkpan · loaf pan · floorpan · pan-fried · best thing since sliced pan · panspot · pan pipes · panwoman · kneepan · pan man · sliced pan · panful · swing pan · Panhead · pan pizza · pansmith · salt pan · calandria pan · dripping pan · down the pan · dustpan · pan pot · flash in the pan · stewpan · workpan · deadpan · harnpan · claypan · pannist · frypan · pan drop · pattypan · pizza pan · saucepan · dishpan · pie pan · frying pan · gold pan · sun pan · track pan · pannikin · ashpan · cat in the pan · muffin pan · weathering pan · scalepan · chip pan · priming pan · panman · pantile · drain pan · footpan · fluff in the pan · milk pan · skull-pan · paella pan · flash pan · skypan · chef's pan · moo goo gai pan · preserving pan · pan-fry · soap pan · maslin pan · panhandle · jelly roll pan · bread pan · skidpan · panlike · go down the pan · pan pipe · panbroil · bakepan · panfish · oil pan · bratt pan · baking pan · plowpan · cakepan · pan-nationalism · hotel pan · moorpan · hardpan · warming pan · pan former · ploughpan · sheet pan · panphobic · panyard · headpan · firepan · saute pan
Descendants
Hypernyms
component · salt pan (expanse of flat land in a depression) · piece · alkali pan (expanse of flat land in a depression) · part · salt flat (expanse of flat land in a depression)
Hyponyms
flat (expanse of flat land in a depression)
Relateds
Synonyms
cookie sheet (flat receptacle) · toilet (toilet) · priming pan · playa lake · flash pan · pipe · saucepan (tall receptacle) · tin (flat receptacle) · chamber pot (chamber pot) · skillet (flat receptacle) · frying pan (flat receptacle)
Translations (133)
it tegame (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · mt taġen (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fur padiele (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · eo pato (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ru про́тивень (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · cs rýžovací pánev (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · uk сковорода́ (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vec fersura (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fi pannullinen (contents of a pan) · fr miche de pain (loaf of bread) · aii ܡܲܩܠܝܵܐ (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · dlm forsaura (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · it muso (slang: face) · pl bochen (loaf of bread) · sgs petėlnė (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · da pande (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · sm 'ulo (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · aii ܬܵܘܵܐ (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · hu serpenyő (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · bg корито (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · ka ქვაბი (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · tr tava (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fa ماهی تابه (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · cs pánev (geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin) · nl pan (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · th กระทะ (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · af pan (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · es sartén (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · rm padela (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · it padella (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ru унита́з (base part of a toilet) · fi vaskooli (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · la sartago (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · to fakapaku (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · is panna (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fr cuvette (base part of a toilet) · af pan (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · vec farsura (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fur tecje (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · el τηγάνι (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ang panne (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ka ტაფა (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · gl paila (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · it padellata (contents of a pan) · scn padedda (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · sm pani (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · dlm padella (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · pl patelnia (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · mk тава (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · it fetta (loaf of bread) · av хьаг (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · af pan (contents of a pan) · pt bateia (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · fi lätty (slang: face) · el τηγανιά (contents of a pan) · ro cratiță (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · scn paredda (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vec técia (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · mch jütadi (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ru котлови́на (geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin) · ru физионо́мия (slang: face) · gl tixola (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ga friochtán (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · bg солница (geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin) · te పెనం (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ru сковорода́ (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · pt frigideira (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · rm padeala (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · bg тига́н (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · gd pana (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fi lyttäys (strong criticism) · dlm tacla (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vi sự chỉ trích (strong criticism) · fi allas (base part of a toilet) · it fetta di pane (loaf of bread) · ckb تاوە (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · zza tawa (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · sh тѐпсија (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · gl tarteira (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ro tigaie (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · sw sufuria (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · rm cazetta (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · cs pánev (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · gun oja (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · de Pfanne (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · gl sartaña (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · scn tiedda (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · nap sartanio (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ru лото́к (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · vec frixa (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · yi סקאָווערדע (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vi cái lòng chảo (geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin) · gd aghann (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ar مِقْلَاة (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · cs záchodová mísa (base part of a toilet) · sk panvica (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ms kuali (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · el ταψί (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · cs rýžovací mísa (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · cy padell (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · yi פֿענדל (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vec fersora (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vi chảo (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fi allas (geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin) · vec farsora (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fi murska-arvostelu (strong criticism) · mi pararaha (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vi sự đả kích (strong criticism) · arz طاسة (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vi ổ (loaf of bread) · vec paeła (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · af pan (geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin) · ru сковорода́ (contents of a pan) · la patina (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · ru разно́с (strong criticism) · fi pannu (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · pt caçarola (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · rm padella (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fi paistinpannu (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vi cái giần (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · it batea (wide receptacle used in gold washing) · sh tèpsija (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · vo paäl (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · sv panna (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · st pane (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · tet kasarola (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · rm cazeta (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fr poêle (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · fur fersorie (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · gl panela (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · el λεκάνη (geography: type of lake, natural depression or basin) · no panne m and (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan) · rm chazetta (flat vessel used for cooking — see also frying pan)