panic

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• Canada, US: /ˈpeə̯nɪk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈpheə̯nɪk] ~ /ˈpɛə̯nɪk/
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• Australian: /ˈpɛːnɪk/
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The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots. Adjective sense 3 (“pertaining to or resulting from overpowering fear or fright”) is partly an attributive use of the noun. The noun is derived from the adjective, while the verb is derived from the noun. Verb sense 1.3 (“to highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show”) is derived from noun sense 4 (“a highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show”).

From Pan + -ic.

From Late Middle English panik, panyk (“plant of the genus Panicum”), borrowed from Latin pānicum, pānīcum (“foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica); plant of the genus Panicum, panicgrass”); further etymology uncertain, probably either from pānis (“bread; loaf”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh2- (“to graze; to protect; to shepherd”)) or pānus (“ear of millet; thread wound on a bobbin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh1- (“to twist; to weave”)) + -cum (suffix forming neuter nouns). Doublet of bannock and bonnag

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: панически (paničeski) — of fear, fright, etc.: overwhelming or sudden
• Portuguese: pânico — of fear, fright, etc.: overwhelming or sudden
• Portuguese: pânico — pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright
• Albanian: panik — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Arabic: ذُعْر (ḏuʕr) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Arabic: رُعْب (ruʕb) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Arabic: هَلَع (halaʕ) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Arabic: خَوْف (ḵawf) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Arabic: فَزَع (fazaʕ) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Armenian: խուճապ (xučap) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Azerbaijani: çaxnaşma — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Belarusian: па́ніка (pánika) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Bulgarian: па́ника (pánika) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Catalan: pànic — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐慌 (kǒnghuāng) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Czech: panika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Danish: panik — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Dutch: paniek — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Esperanto: paniko — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Estonian: paanika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Finnish: paniikki — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• French: panique — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Georgian: თავზარი (tavzari) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Georgian: პანიკა (ṗaniḳa) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• German: Panik — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Greek: πανικός (panikós) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Hebrew: בֶּהָלָה (behalá) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Hindi: संत्रास (santrās) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Hindi: आतंक (ātaṅk) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Hindi: खलबली (khalbalī) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Hindi: पैनिक (painik) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Hindi: घबराहट (ghabrāhaṭ) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Hungarian: pánik — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Icelandic: læti — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Icelandic: skelfing — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Indonesian: kepanikan — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Irish: anbhá — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Italian: panico — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Japanese: パニック (panikku) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Japanese: 恐慌 (kyōkō) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Khmer: សស្លន់សស្លោ (sɑɑsɑslɑn sɑɑsɑslao) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Korean: 공황 (gonghwang) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Korean: 패닉 (paenik) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Latin: pavor — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Latvian: panika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Lithuanian: panika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Macedonian: паника (panika) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Māori: maurirere — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Navajo: ił hóóyééʼ — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Norwegian Bokmål: panikk — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Persian: رُعْب (ruʕb) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Persian: خَوْف (ḵawf) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Persian: بیم (bim) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Persian: تَرس (tars) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Persian: سَهم (sahm) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Plautdietsch: Schrakj — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Polish: panika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Portuguese: pânico — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Romanian: panică — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Russian: па́ника (pánika) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Scottish Gaelic: maoim — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Serbo-Croatian: па̀ника — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Serbo-Croatian: pànika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Slovak: panika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Slovene: panika — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Spanish: pánico — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Swedish: panik — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Thai: ความตื่นกลัว — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Turkish: panik — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Turkish: telaş — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Ukrainian: па́ніка (pánika) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Urdu: کَھلْبَلی (khalbalī) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Urdu: گَھبْراہَٹ (ghabrāhaṭ) — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Vietnamese: hốt hoảng — overwhelming fear or fright; an instance of this
• Catalan: espantar — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• French: faire paniquer — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• German: in Panik geraten — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• Italian: gettare nel panico — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• Italian: spaventare — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• Latin: infligō pavōrem — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• Portuguese: apavorar — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• Spanish: aterrar — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• Spanish: espantar — to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily
• Armenian: խուճապի մատնվել (xučapi matnvel) — to feel panic
• Belarusian: панікава́ць (panikavácʹ) — to feel panic
• Bulgarian: паникьосвам се (panikjosvam se) — to feel panic
• Catalan: entrar en pànic — to feel panic
• Catalan: espantar — to feel panic
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐慌 (kǒnghuāng) — to feel panic
• Czech: panikařit — to feel panic
• Dutch: in paniek raken — to feel panic
• Esperanto: panikiĝi — to feel panic
• Finnish: panikoida — to feel panic
• French: paniquer — to feel panic
• French: s'affoler — to feel panic
• German: in Panik geraten — to feel panic
• German: in Panik verfallen — to feel panic
• Greek: πανικοβάλλομαι (panikovállomai) — to feel panic
• Hungarian: pánikba esik — to feel panic
• Hungarian: pánikol — to feel panic
• Ingrian: hätähyä — to feel panic
• Ingrian: hätästyä — to feel panic
• Irish: scanraigh — to feel panic
• Italian: gettarsi nel panico — to feel panic
• Italian: spaventarsi — to feel panic
• Japanese: パニックになる (panikku ni naru) — to feel panic
• Khmer: ភ័យក្ដុក (phey kdok) — to feel panic
• Khmer: ស្លន់ (slɑn) — to feel panic
• Latin: patiō pavōrem — to feel panic
• Latin: patior pavōrem — to feel panic
• Māori: maurirere — to feel panic
• Norwegian: få panikk — to feel panic
• Polish: panikować — to feel panic
• Portuguese: apavorar — to feel panic
• Portuguese: deixar em pânico — to feel panic
• Romanian: panica — to feel panic
• Russian: паникова́ть (panikovátʹ) — to feel panic
• Spanish: aterrarse — to feel panic
• Spanish: espantarse — to feel panic
• Spanish: entrar en pánico — to feel panic
• Spanish: alarmarse — to feel panic
• Spanish: paniquearse — to feel panic
• Spanish: empanicarse — to feel panic
• Spanish: paniquiar — to feel panic
• Spanish: apanicarse — to feel panic
• Swedish: få panik — to feel panic
• Turkish: paniğe kapılmak — to feel panic
• Turkish: paniklemek — to feel panic
• Turkish: panik olmak — to feel panic
• Turkish: panik yapmak — to feel panic
• Ukrainian: панікува́ти (panikuváty) — to feel panic
• Welsh: cynhyrfu — to feel panic
• Welsh: dychryn — to feel panic
• Welsh: rhusio — to feel panic