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Definition of pan- - 5 dictionary results

pan-

a combining form meaning “all,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (panacea; panoply), but now used freely as a general formative (panleukopenia; panorama; pantelegraph; pantheism; pantonality), and esp. in terms, formed at will, implying the union of all branches of a group (Pan-Christian; Panhellenic; Pan-Slavism). The hyphen and the second capital tend with longer use to be lost, unless they are retained in order to set off clearly the component parts.
Also, pant-, panto-.


Origin:
< Gk pan- comb. form of pâs (neut. pân) all, every, pân everything
pan-  
pref.  
  1. All: panorama.
  2. also Pan- Involving all of or the union of a specified group: Pan-Hellenic.
  3. General; whole: panleukopenia.

[Greek, from pan, neuter of pās, pant-, all; see pant- in Indo-European roots.]

Pan-

Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. ?, m., ?,neut., gen. ?, all.] Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.
Language Translation for : pan-
Spanish: cazuela, cazo, sartén (para freír), …,
German: die Pfanne,
Japanese: 平なべ

pan- 
prefix meaning "all, whole, all-inclusive," from Gk. pan-, combining form of pas (neut. pan, masc. and neut. gen. pantos) "all," of unknown origin. Commonly used as a prefix in Gk., in modern times often with nationality names, the first example of which seems to have been Panslavism (1846, q.v.). Also panislamic (1881), pan-American (1889), pan-German (1892), pan-African (1900), pan-European (1901), pan-Arabism (1930).

pan- pref.

  1. All: panagglutinins.
  2. General; whole: panimmunity.

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