noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpændə/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈpændə]
/ˈpændə/without æ-raising
[ˈpændə] ~ [ˈpændɐ̝]without æ-raising
/ˈpeːndə/æ-raising
[ˈpheːndə] ~ [ˈpheːndɐ̝]æ-raising
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/ˈpændɚ/without æ-raising
[ˈphændɚ] ~ [ˈphændɹ̩]without æ-raising
/ˈpeə̯ndɚ/æ-raising
[ˈpheə̯ndɚ] ~ [ˈpheə̯ndɹ̩]æ-raising
/ˈpɛə̯ndɚ/æ-raising
[ˈphɛə̯ndɚ] ~ [ˈphɛə̯ndɹ̩]æ-raising
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rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
homophone: panda (non-rhotic)
CMU ARPABET:P AE1 N D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
сводничество
(svodničestvo)
— offer of illicit sex with a third party
Chinese Mandarin:
皮条客
(pítiáokè)
— offer of illicit sex with a third party
Finnish:
paritus
— offer of illicit sex with a third party
Catalan:
incitar
— to appeal or cater to
Catalan:
temptar
— to appeal or cater to
Czech:
podlézat
— to appeal or cater to
Czech:
podbízet se
— to appeal or cater to
Danish:
imødekomme
— to appeal or cater to
Dutch:
tegemoetkomen aan
— to appeal or cater to
Dutch:
toegeven aan
— to appeal or cater to
Dutch:
naar de mond praten
— to appeal or cater to
Finnish:
vedota
— to appeal or cater to
Galician:
inducir
— to appeal or cater to
German:
nachgeben
— to appeal or cater to
German:
frönen
— to appeal or cater to
German:
zufriedenstellen
— to appeal or cater to
German:
Befriedigung verschaffen
— to appeal or cater to
German:
befriedigen
— to appeal or cater to
German:
huldigen
— to appeal or cater to
German:
anbiedern
— to appeal or cater to
German:
andienen
— to appeal or cater to
Italian:
ammiccare
— to appeal or cater to
Māori:
morimori
— to appeal or cater to
Polish:
przymilać się
— to appeal or cater to
Polish:
przymilić się
— to appeal or cater to
Russian:
потво́рствовать
(potvórstvovatʹ)
— to appeal or cater to
Russian:
потака́ть
(potakátʹ)
— to appeal or cater to
Serbo-Croatian:
podilaziti
— to appeal or cater to
Spanish:
complacer
— to appeal or cater to
Spanish:
satisfacer
— to appeal or cater to
Spanish:
consentir
— to appeal or cater to
Bulgarian:
своднича
(svodniča)
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
Chinese Mandarin:
拉皮條 /拉皮条
(lāpítiáo)
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
Dutch:
koppelen
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
Finnish:
parittaa
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
German:
verkuppeln
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
Russian:
сво́дничать
(svódničatʹ)
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
Serbo-Croatian:
podvoditi
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
Serbo-Croatian:
svoditi
— to offer illicit sex with a third party
