name
Meaning 1
A South Asian surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
panda
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpændə/
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/ˈpændə/ General American, Canada, æ-raising
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[ˈpheə̯ndə] ~ [ˈphɛə̯ndə] General American, Canada, æ-raising
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British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈpandə/
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Australian: /ˈpæːndə/
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[ˈphæːndə] without æ-raising
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[ˈphɛːndə] ~ [ˈpheːndə] æ-raising
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New-Zealand: /ˈpɛndə/
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India: /ˈpɑːn.ɖɑː/
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rhymes with -ændə
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homophone: pander (non-rhotic)
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpʌndə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæn-/
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General-American: /ˈpɑndə/
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rhymes with -ʌndə
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CMU ARPABET: P AE1 N D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bear cat, cat bear, lesser panda, wah
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, colloquial, ellipsis
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mottled bear, panda bear
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of panda car (“a black-and-white police car”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lesser panda, red panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: procyonid
noun
Meaning 7
large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: giant panda, panda bear, coon bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: procyonid
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French panda, of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second element of nigálya-pónya, a local name for the red panda recorded in Nepal and Sikkim by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800 or 1801 – 1894), an ethnologist, naturalist and the British Resident of Nepal, possibly from Nepali निँगाले (nĩgāle, “relating to a certain species of bamboo”) (the adjectival form of निँगालो (nĩgālo), a variant of निङालो (niṅālo, “Drepanostachyum intermedium, a species of bamboo”)) + a regional Tibetan name for the animal (compare regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya, “messenger”)). Attributive uses of sense 2 (“a giant panda”) generally refer to that animal’s distinctive black and white coat colour.
Borrowed from Hindi पंडा (paṇḍā) and Punjabi ਪਾਂਡਾ (pāṇḍā), both from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “learned, wise; learned man, pundit, scholar, teacher; Hindu Brahmin who has memorized a substantial proportion of the Vedas”). Doublet of pundit.
Across languages
Translations
108 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: পন্ডা (ponḍa) — Translations
- Dutch: Panda — Translations
- Hindi: पंडा (paṇḍā) — Translations
- Odia: ପଣ୍ଡା (paṇḍā) — Translations
- Portuguese: Panda — Translations
- Amharic: ፓንዳ (panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Arabic: بَنْدَة (banda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Arabic: بانْدا (bāndā) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Aragonese: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Armenian: պանդա (panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Assamese: বৰ পাণ্ডা (bor panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Assamese: ডাঙৰ পাণ্ডা (daṅor panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Assamese: পাণ্ডা ভালুক (panda bhaluk) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Belarusian: па́нда (pánda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Bengali: পান্ডা (panḍa) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Bulgarian: па́нда (pánda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Catalan: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Cherokee: ᏥᎾ ᏲᎾ (tsina yona) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Chinese Cantonese: 熊貓 /熊猫 — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Chinese Cantonese: 大熊貓 /大熊猫 (daai6 hung4 maau1) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Chinese Mandarin: 熊貓 /熊猫 (xióngmāo) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Chinese Mandarin: 大熊貓 /大熊猫 (dàxióngmāo) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Chinese Mandarin: 貓熊 /猫熊 (māoxióng) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Chinese Mandarin: 大貓熊 /大猫熊 (dàmāoxióng) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Czech: panda velká — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Danish: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Danish: kæmpepanda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Dutch: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Dutch: pandabeer — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Dzongkha: བྱི་ལི་དོམ (byi li dom) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Esperanto: pando — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Finnish: isopanda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Finnish: jättiläispanda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Finnish: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Finnish: pandakarhu — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- French: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Georgian: პანდა (ṗanda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Georgian: დიდი პანდა (didi ṗanda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Georgian: ბამბუკის დათვი (bambuḳis datvi) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- German: Panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- German: Pandabär — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Greek: πάντα (pánta) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Hawaiian: hunamāu — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Hawaiian: pea kina — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Hebrew: פנדה (pánda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Hindi: पांडा (pāṇḍā) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Hungarian: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Icelandic: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Icelandic: pandabjörn — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Icelandic: pandabirna — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Icelandic: bambusbjörn — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Indonesian: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Irish: ollphanda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Irish: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Italian: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Japanese: パンダ (panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Japanese: 熊猫 (kumaneko) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Japanese: イロワケグマ (irowakeguma) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Japanese: シロクログマ (shirokuroguma) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Khmer: ខ្លាឃ្មុំភែនដា (klaa kmum phɛɛndaa) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Khmer: ខ្លាឃ្មុំផេនដា (khlaa khmum pheendaa) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Khmer: ផេនដា (pheendaa) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Korean: 판다 (panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Macedonian: панда (panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Malay: ڤندا — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Malay: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Marathi: पांडा (pāṇḍā) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Mongolian: хулсны баавгай (xulsny baavgaj) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Mongolian: панда (panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Mongolian: малар өтөг (malar ötög) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠪᠠᠭᠠᠢ (qulusun-ü baɣabaɣai) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Mongolian: ᠫᠠᠨᠳᠠ (panda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠯᠤᠷ ᠥᠲᠡᠭᠡ (malur ötege) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Nepali: पान्डा (pānḍā) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Norman: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Norwegian: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Norwegian: pandabjørn — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Norwegian: kjempepanda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Persian: خرس پاندا (xers-e pândâ) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Persian: پاندا (pândâ) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Polish: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Portuguese: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Romanian: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Romanian: urs panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Russian: па́нда (pánda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Russian: бамбуковый медведь (bambukovyj medvedʹ) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Serbo-Croatian: панда — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Serbo-Croatian: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Slovene: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Spanish: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Swedish: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Swedish: jättepanda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Swedish: pandabjörn — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Tagalog: panda — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Tamil: பாண்டா (pāṇṭā) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Thai: แพนด้า (pɛn-dâa) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Thai: หมีแพนด้า (mǐi-pɛɛn-dâa) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Tibetan: དོམ་ཁྲ (dom khra) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Ukrainian: па́нда (pánda) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Urdu: پانڈا (pāṇḍā) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Uyghur: مۈشۈكئېيىق (müshük'ëyiq) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Vietnamese: gấu trúc — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Yiddish: פּאַנדע (pande) — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Zhuang: yungzmauh — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Zhuang: muimeuz — Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- Hindi: पंडा (paṇḍā) — brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple
- Polish: pandit — brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple
- Punjabi: ਪਾਂਡਾ (pāṇḍā) — brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple
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