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Pandora

name · noun · 5 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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P AE0 N D AO1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A moon of the planet Saturn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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3

name

Meaning 3

55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Any fish of the genus Pagellus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

(Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mythical being

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-) Proto-Indo-European *deh3- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh3r̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *déh3rom Proto-Hellenic *dṓron Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā)bor. English Pandora Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Pandorë — Character in Greek mythology
  • Basque: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Catalan: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 潘多拉 (Pānduōlā) — Character in Greek mythology
  • Czech: Pandóra — Character in Greek mythology
  • Danish: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Dutch: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Esperanto: Pandoro — Character in Greek mythology
  • Finnish: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • French: Pandore — Character in Greek mythology
  • German: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Greek: Πανδώρα (Pandóra) — Character in Greek mythology
  • Greenlandic: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Hebrew: פנדורה — Character in Greek mythology
  • Hungarian: Pandóra — Character in Greek mythology
  • Inuktitut: ᐸᓐᑑᕋ (pantoora) — Character in Greek mythology
  • Italian: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Japanese: パンドーラー (Pandōrā) — Character in Greek mythology
  • Korean: 판도라 — Character in Greek mythology
  • Latin: Pandōra — Character in Greek mythology
  • Lithuanian: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Luxembourgish: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Marathi: पॅन्डोरा (pĕnḍorā) — Character in Greek mythology
  • Norwegian: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Polish: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Portuguese: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Romanian: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Russian: Пандо́ра (Pandóra) — Character in Greek mythology
  • Serbo-Croatian: Пандо́ра — Character in Greek mythology
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pandóra — Character in Greek mythology
  • Spanish: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Swedish: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Turkish: Pandora — Character in Greek mythology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禍神星 /祸神星 (Huòshénxīng) — Asteroid
  • French: Pandore — Asteroid
  • Polish: Pandora — Asteroid
  • Asturian: pica — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Asturian: breca — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Asturian: mazote — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Bulgarian: мерджан (merdžan) — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Catalan: pagell — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緋小鯛 /绯小鲷 (fēixiǎodiāo) — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Galician: breca — Pagellus erythrinus
  • German: Rotbrasse — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Greek: λυθρίνι (lythríni) — Pagellus erythrinus
  • Italian: pagello — Pagellus erythrinus
Real reading context

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