パン

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Ainu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Japanese パン, from Portuguese pão (bread), from Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis (bread). Compare French pain, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan.

    Noun

    パン (pan)

    1. bread

    References

    • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.

    Japanese

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Alternative spellings
    麵麭 (rare)
    麺麭 (rare)
    麺𮮆 (rare)
    麺包 (rare)
    麪包 (rare)

      From Portuguese pão (bread),[3][2] from Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis (bread). Compare French pain, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan.

      Noun

      パン (pan

      1. bread, pastries, any baked good with a crust (a type of food)
      Usage notes
      • The kanji spellings 麺麭, 麺包, and 麪包 are examples of jukujikun. Use of these spellings is extremely rare in modern Japanese.
      • While usually translated as 'bread', the term also covers a wide variety of baked goods that would not be called bread in English. This includes bread-like sweets like brioche, filled puff pastries and similar items, as well as various Asian steamed dough dumplings.
      Derived terms
      Descendants
      • Ainu: パン (pan)
      • Amis: epang
      • Bunun: paang
      • Hakka: 𮮆 (pháng)
      • Korean: (ppang)
      • Min Nan: 𮮆 (pháng)
      • Paiwan: pang
      • Rukai: pange
      • Saaroa: pangʉ

      Etymology 2

      Borrowed from English pan.[3][2]

      Noun

      パン (pan

      1. (cooking) a pan (flat vessel used for cooking)
      2. (cinematography) a pan shot (a film shot where the camera is turned horizontally)
      Derived terms

      Verb

      パンする (pan surusuru (stem パン (pan shi), past パンした (pan shita))

      1. to pan (to turn a camera horizontally)
      Conjugation

      Etymology 3

      Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Proper noun

      パン (Pan

      1. (Greek mythology) Pan
      2. (astronomy) Pan
      Derived terms

      References

      1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
      2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
      3. 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN