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From Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-).

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pan-

  1. Used to form higher clades with one main member.

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-), combining form of πᾶς (pâs, all, every).

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pan-

  1. all

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  • An initial capital may be used when this prefix attaches to an already capitalized word: e.g. pan-African or Pan-African.

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pan-

  1. Instrumentative case of the noun - a tool or an instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root
    pan- + ‎takop (a cover) → ‎pantakop (an instrument used to cover something)

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pan-

  1. pan-

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  • pan- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pan- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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pan-

  1. pan-

Finnish edit

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Internationalism (see English pan-), ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑn-/, [ˈpɑ̝n-]

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pan-

  1. pan-

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pan-

  1. pan-

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pan-

  1. pan-

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pan-

  1. pan-

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pan-

  1. pan-

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

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From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân).

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pan-

  1. pan-

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân).

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pan-

  1. pan-

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Portuguese edit

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: pan

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pan-

  1. pan-

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), neuter form of πᾶς (pâs, all, every).

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pan-

  1. pan-
    Synonyms: omni-, todo

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Swedish edit

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân).

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pan-

  1. pan-

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pan- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of pang-, if the root starts with alveolar consonants, such as ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨t⟩, which sometimes gets nasally assimilated to the prefix ending when starts with alveolar consonants, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩, or ⟨d⟩.
    pan- + ‎digma (war) → ‎pandigma (meant for war)
    pan- + ‎diwa (gist) → ‎pandiwa (verb)
    pan- + ‎lasa (flavor) → ‎panlasa (taste)
    pan- + ‎samantala (while) → ‎pansamantala (temporary)
    pan- + ‎sampalataya (belief) → ‎pananampalataya (faith)
    pan- + ‎takip (cover) → ‎pantakip (an instrument used to cover something)
    pan- + ‎talo (defeat) → ‎panalo (victory)

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  • When used before root initials /d/, /s/, or /t/, the said initials sometimes undergo nasal assimilation to the prefix ending.
    pan- + ‎damit (clothing) → ‎pananamit (act of wearing clothes)
    pan- + ‎sulat (writing) → ‎panulat (writing instrument)
    pan- + ‎tinda (sale) → ‎paninda (merchandise)
  • Native speakers sometimes use the prefix pang- by default, instead of pan- without any morpheme change to the word.
    pang- + ‎sulat (writing) → ‎pangsulat (literally for writing)
    pang- + ‎takip (cover) → ‎pangtakip (literally for covering)

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