Standard Lemma guide

pan-

prefix · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

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Meaning 1

All.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • panenteroviral
  • Panhellenic
  • panneural
  • panphilia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

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Meaning 2

All.

Every member of a countable set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • pancarditis
  • panophthalmitis
  • panplegia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

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Meaning 3

All.

Most, nearly all, effectively all in quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • panallergenic
  • panbacterial
  • panhypopituitarism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

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Meaning 4

All.

Encompassing, including all, or involving all.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • pancaspase
  • pangender
  • panlingual

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

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Meaning 5

All.

Entire, whole; the entirety of the root object or category.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • pancolonoscopy
  • pangastritis
  • pangenomic

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

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Meaning 6

All.

Universal, everything, all that can be imagined.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • pangeometry
  • panphobia
  • theopanism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

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Meaning 7

All.

Unification of a social group; the political movement to unify said group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • Pan-Africanism
  • pan-Indianism
  • pan-nationalism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

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Meaning 8

All.

Spanning the entirety of a set which may not be countable; its members may not be clearly distinguished from each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • pancontinental
  • pan-Covid
  • pancultural

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

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Meaning 9

All.

Throughout an area indicated by the root.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • panarctic
  • pancolitis
  • panfandom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

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Meaning 10

All.

Representing or covering a given social group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • Pan-Asian
  • pan-Palestinian
  • Pan-Anglican

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

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Meaning 11

All.

Ubiquitous, widespread. The root indicates what is widespread rather than the area in which it is widespread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • panallergen
  • pannecrosis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

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Meaning 12

Pansexual or pansexuality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • pancurious
  • panphobia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh2- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph2énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- Borrowed from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-), combining form of πᾶς (pâs, “all, every”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 泛 (fàn) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Danish: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Danish: al- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Danish: fælles- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Dutch: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Dutch: al- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Finnish: yleis- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Finnish: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Galician: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • German: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Greek: παν- (pan-) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Hindi: सर्व (sarv) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Hungarian: pán- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Irish: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Italian: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Japanese: 汎 (han-) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Korean: 범- (beom-) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Malay: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Portuguese: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Russian: пан- (pan-) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Russian: все- (vse-) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Russian: обще- (obšče-) — a combining form meaning "all"
  • Spanish: pan- — a combining form meaning "all"