adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/pænˈdɛmɪk/
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adj
Meaning 1
Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences
Examples
The chaotic breakdown of public health as World War I dragged on is widely recognized as exacerbating the disease burden of the pandemic outbreak of influenza in 1918.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pandemial, pandemical, panepidemic
Antonyms: nonpandemic
2
adj
Meaning 2
General, widespread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic (“of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pandemian
Antonyms: heavenly, spiritual, Uranian
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noun
Meaning 5
A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pandemia
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
The COVID-19 pandemic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pandemia
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
existing everywhere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
pandemic fear of nuclear war
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
epidemic over a wide geographical area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a pandemic outbreak of malaria
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: epidemic
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). πάνδημος is derived from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh2- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh2- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pandēmus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).
See Pandemic.
From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη Πάνδημος (Aphrodítē Pándēmos, “Aphrodite Pandemos”), from πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). See further at pandemic (etymology 1).
Across languages
Translations
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
جَائِحَة
(jāʔiḥa)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Azerbaijani:
pandemik
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Belarusian:
пандэмі́чны
(pandemíčny)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Bulgarian:
пандемичен
(pandemičen)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Catalan:
pandèmic
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Chinese Mandarin:
瘟疫
(wēnyì)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Chinese Mandarin:
大流行
(dàliúxíng)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Czech:
pandemický
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Danish:
pandemisk
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Finnish:
pandeeminen
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
French:
pandémique
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Galician:
pandémico
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
German:
pandemisch
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Greek:
πανδημικός
(pandimikós)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Hindi:
सर्वव्यापी महामारी
(sarvavyāpī mahāmārī)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Hungarian:
pandémia
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Hungarian:
világjárvány
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Icelandic:
heimsfaraldur
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Italian:
pandemico
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Lithuanian:
pandeminis
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Macedonian:
панде́мичен
(pandémičen)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Norwegian Bokmål:
pandemisk
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pandemisk
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Occitan:
pandemic
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Persian:
دنیاگیر
(donyâ-gir)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Polish:
pandemiczny
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Brazilian Portuguese:
pandêmico
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
European Portuguese:
pandémico
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Romanian:
pandemic
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Russian:
пандеми́ческий
(pandɛmíčeskij)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Sicilian:
pannìmicu
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Slovak:
pandemický
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Spanish:
pandémico
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Swedish:
pandemisk
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Telugu:
మహామ్మారి
(mahāmmāri)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Thai:
ระบาดทั่ว
(rabād thạ̀w)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Tok Pisin:
pandemik
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Turkish:
pandemi
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Turkish:
dayık
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Ukrainian:
пандемі́чний
(pandemíčnyj)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Vietnamese:
(thuộc) đại dịch
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Welsh:
pandemig
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Yiddish:
פּאַנדעמיש
(pandemish)
— epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population
Afrikaans:
pandemie
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Albanian:
pandemi
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Arabic:
جَائِحَة
(jāʔiḥa)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Armenian:
պանդեմիա
(pandemia)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Armenian:
համավարակ
(hamavarak)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Azerbaijani:
pandemiya
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Basque:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Belarusian:
пандэмі́я
(pandemíja)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Bengali:
অতিমারী
(otimari)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Bulgarian:
панде́мия
(pandémija)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Catalan:
pandèmia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Chinese Cantonese:
瘟疫
(wan1 jik6)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Chinese:
瘟疫
(zh-min-nan)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Chinese Mandarin:
大流行病
(dà liúxíngbìng)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Chinese Mandarin:
瘟疫
(wēnyì)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Czech:
pandemie
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Danish:
pandemi
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Dutch:
pandemie
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Esperanto:
pandemio
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Estonian:
pandeemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Faroese:
heimsfarsótt
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Finnish:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
French:
pandémie
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Galician:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Georgian:
პანდემია
(ṗandemia)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
German:
Pandemie
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Greek:
πανδημία
(pandimía)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Hebrew:
פַּנְדֶּמְיָה
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Hindi:
महामारी
(mahāmārī)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Hungarian:
pandémia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Hungarian:
világjárvány
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Icelandic:
heimsfaraldur
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Indonesian:
pandemi
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Irish:
paindéim
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Italian:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Japanese:
パンデミック
(pandemikku)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Kazakh:
індет
(ındet)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Kazakh:
пандемия
(pandemiä)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Khmer:
ជំងឺរាតត្បាត
(cumngɨɨriəttbaat)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Korean:
범유행
(beomyuhaeng)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Korean:
팬데믹
(paendemik)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Kyrgyz:
пандемия
(pandemiya)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Ladino:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Latvian:
pandēmija
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Lithuanian:
pandemija
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Macedonian:
панде́мија
(pandémija)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Malay:
pandemik
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Maltese:
pandemija
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Norwegian Bokmål:
pandemi
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pandemi
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Occitan:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Persian:
همهگیری جهانی
(hame-gir-e jahâni)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Persian:
همهگیر
(hame-gir)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Persian:
دنیاگیری
(donyâ-giri)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Persian:
پاندمی
(pândemi)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Polish:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Portuguese:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Romanian:
pandemie
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Russian:
пандеми́я
(pandɛmíja)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Serbo-Croatian:
пандѐмија
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Serbo-Croatian:
pandèmija
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Sicilian:
pannimìa
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Slovak:
pandémia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Slovene:
pandemija
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Spanish:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Swahili:
pandemia
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Swedish:
pandemi
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Tagalog:
pandemya
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Tajik:
пандемия
(pandemiya)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Tamil:
பெருந்தொற்று
(peruntoṟṟu)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Tatar:
пандемия
(pandemiyä)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Thai:
โรคระบาดทั่ว
(rôok-rá-bàat-tûua)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Turkish:
pandemi
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Turkmen:
pandemiýa
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Ukrainian:
пандемі́я
(pandemíja)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Ukrainian:
панде́мія
(pandémija)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Urdu:
عالمگیر وبا
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Urdu:
عالمی وبا
('ālmī obā)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Uzbek:
pandemiya
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Vietnamese:
đại dịch
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
Yiddish:
פּאַנדעמיע
(pandemye)
— disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population
