English Explanatory Dictionary

pan-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. All.
  2. Every member of a countable set.
  3. Most, nearly all, effectively all in quantity.
  4. Encompassing, including all, or involving all.
  5. Entire, whole; the entirety of the root object or category.
  6. Universal, everything, all that can be imagined.
  7. Unification of a social group; the political movement to unify said group.
  8. Spanning the entirety of a set which may not be countable; its members may not be clearly distinguished from each other.
  9. Throughout an area indicated by the root.
  10. Representing or covering a given social group.
  11. Ubiquitous, widespread. The root indicates what is widespread rather than the area in which it is widespread.
  12. Pansexual or pansexuality.

Word forms

pan-

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs) Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- Borrowed from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-), combining form of πᾶς (pâs, “all, every”).

Synonyms

al- all- omni-

Derived words

panacea panchromatic pancreas pandect pandeism pandemic pandemonism pandemonium panendeism panentheism panophobia panoply panopticon panorama panpsychism pansentience pansexual pantheism pantheon pantograph pantomime panaminoglycoside panarchy panarthritis pancancer pancoronavirus panendothelial panenteroviral panenterovirus pangender pangenotypic panglial panglomerular Panhellenic panhuman panintestinal Pan-Islamic panleukocyte panlinguistic panmyeloid panneural panneuronal panoceanic panorganotropic panpestivirus panpharmacon panphilia panplacodal panidiomorphic panacetylated panacinar panatrophy panbronchiolitis pancarditis pancellular pancerebellar pancyclic pancytokeratin pancytopenia pandigital

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 泛 Danish: pan- Danish: al- Danish: fælles- Dutch: pan- Dutch: al- Finnish: yleis- Finnish: pan- Galician: pan- German: pan- Greek: παν- Hindi: सर्व Hungarian: pán- Irish: pan- Italian: pan- Japanese: 汎 Korean: 범- Malay: pan- Norwegian Bokmål: pan- Norwegian Nynorsk: pan- Portuguese: pan- Russian: пан- Russian: все- Russian: обще- Spanish: pan-
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