PAN

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pan"

Translingual

Symbol

PAN

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Panama.
    Synonym: PA (alpha-2)

English

Proper noun

PAN

  1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of Proto-Austronesian.

Noun

PAN (countable and uncountable, plural PANs)

  1. Acronym of primary account number.
  2. Acronym of personal area network.
  3. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyacrylonitrile.
  4. (organic chemistry) Initialism of peroxyacetyl nitrate.
  5. (organic chemistry) Initialism of phenylacetonitrile.
    Synonyms: benzeneacetonitrile, benzylcyanide
    Hypernym: C8H7N

Usage notes

(primary account number): With reference to financial industry web sites, such as APACS, UK, this is simply the account number found embossed on plastic cards.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Proper noun

PAN

  1. (politics) Initialism of Partai Amanat Nasional (“National Mandate Party”).

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
PAN

Etymology

Initialism of Polska Akademia Nauk.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

PAN m inan (indeclinable, related adjective PAN-owski or panowski)

  1. (education) Polish Academy of Sciences

Declension

Declension of PAN
singular
nominative PAN
genitive PAN-u
dative PAN-owi
accusative PAN
instrumental PAN-em
locative PAN-ie
vocative PAN-ie

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • PAN in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • PAN in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • PAN in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Noun

PAN m (uncountable)

  1. (Brazil) Acronym of partido dos aposentados da nação.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: PAN

Proper noun

PAN m

  1. Initialism of Partido Acción Nacional (“National Action Party”).

Derived terms

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