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pan Meaning & Definition

/pæn/

What Does Pan Mean?

Pan is used as a symbol meaning ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Punjabi. As a noun, it means A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. As a verb, it means To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

Pan at a Glance

Part of speechsymbol, noun, verb, adjective
Pronunciation/pæn/
Synonymspan out, tear apart and genus pan
Pluralpans
Verb formspans, panning, panned

Pan Definition (Symbol)

  1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Punjabi.

Pan as a Noun

  1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
  2. The contents of such a receptacle.
  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 deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
  5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
  6. 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. A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat. Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa. Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
  7. A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
  8. A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
  9. Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
  10. Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
  11. Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
  12. Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
  13. Strong adverse criticism.
  14. A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
  15. The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
  16. A bedpan.
  17. A human face, a mug.
  18. The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
  19. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
  20. The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.

    flash in the pan

  21. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
  22. The brain, seen as one's intellect.
  23. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
  24. Ellipsis of steelpan.

Pan as a Verb

  1. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
  2. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
  3. To turn out well; to be successful.
  4. To beat one's opposition convincingly.

Verb

  1. To turn horizontally.
  2. 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° from the point where the film first began to be exposed. (Can we verify this sense?)
  3. To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale. (Can we verify this sense?)
  4. 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.
  5. To move in the multichannel sound field.

Noun

  1. A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of paan.

Verb

  1. To join or fit together; to unite.

Noun

  1. A part; a portion.
  2. The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
  3. A leaf of gold or silver.

Pan as an Adjective

  1. Pansexual or panromantic.

Noun

  1. Clipping of pantograph.

Noun

  1. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
  2. Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
  3. A loaf of bread.
  4. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
  5. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.

Verb

  1. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
  2. With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
  3. (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
  4. To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

Noun

  1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
  2. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
  3. Meanings relating to a container.
  4. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
  5. Meanings relating to computing.
  6. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.

Verb

  1. Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
  2. 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.
  3. (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.

Noun

  1. A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.

Noun

  1. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

Adjective

  1. Pansexual.

Synonyms of Pan

pan outtear apartgenus panpan offthe goat godtrashfrying panskilletcookie sheettinsaucepanpantopanbarvertical barvertical linevirgule
Pan synonyms and antonyms →

Pan in a Sentence

flash in the pan

Word Forms & Grammar

pan (plural pans or (humorous) pen)

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

pan (plural pans)

pan (uncountable)

pan (not comparable)

Words That Rhyme With Pan

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Origin of Pan

Origin 1: From Middle English panne, from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ. Further origin uncertain.

Origin 2: 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.

Origin 3: 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).

Origin 4: 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.

Common Questions About Pan

Is pan a symbol or a noun?

Pan is mainly used as a symbol, but it can also be used as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

What is another word for pan?

You can replace pan with words such as pan out, tear apart and genus pan. See the full list of pan synonyms and antonyms.

What is the plural of pan?

The plural of pan is pans.

What is the past tense of pan?

The past tense of pan is panned. The present participle is panning.