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panpipes

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipes.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِصْفَار (miṣfār) — musical instrument
  • Armenian: սրինգ (sring) — musical instrument
  • Bulgarian: пан-флейта (pan-flejta) — musical instrument
  • Catalan: flauta de Pan — musical instrument
  • Catalan: bufacanyes — musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排笛 (páidí) — musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 潘笛 (Pāndí) — musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排簫 /排箫 (páixiāo) — musical instrument
  • Czech: panova flétna — musical instrument
  • Danish: panfløjte — musical instrument
  • Dutch: panfluit — musical instrument
  • Estonian: paaniflööt — musical instrument
  • Estonian: paanivile — musical instrument
  • Finnish: panhuilu — musical instrument
  • French: flûte de Pan — musical instrument
  • French: syrinx — musical instrument
  • French: syringe — musical instrument
  • Galician: frauta de Pan — musical instrument
  • Galician: chifre — musical instrument
  • German: Panflöte — musical instrument
  • Greek: σύριγγα (sýringa) — musical instrument
  • Ancient Greek: σῦριγξ (sûrinx) — musical instrument
  • Hungarian: pánsíp — musical instrument
  • Icelandic: panflauta — musical instrument
  • Italian: flauto di Pan — musical instrument
  • Italian: siringe — musical instrument
  • Japanese: パンパイプ (panpaipu) — musical instrument
  • Japanese: パンフルート (panfurūto) — musical instrument
  • Korean: 팬플룻 (paenpeullut) — musical instrument
  • Korean: 팬플루트 (paenpeulluteu) — musical instrument
  • Korean: 팬파이프 (paenpaipeu) — musical instrument
  • Macedonian: панова флејта (panova flejta) — musical instrument
  • Persian: موسیقار (musiqâr) — musical instrument
  • Polish: fletnia Pana — musical instrument
  • Portuguese: flauta de Pã — musical instrument
  • Portuguese: siringe — musical instrument
  • Quechua: siku — musical instrument
  • Romanian: nai — musical instrument
  • Russian: пан-фле́йта (pan-fléjta) — musical instrument
  • Spanish: zampoña — musical instrument
  • Spanish: flauta de Pan — musical instrument
  • Spanish: toyo — musical instrument
  • Spanish: sicu — musical instrument
  • Spanish: sicuri — musical instrument
  • Spanish: siku — musical instrument
  • Spanish: sikus — musical instrument
  • Spanish: sikuri — musical instrument
  • Spanish: siringa — musical instrument
  • Spanish: antara — musical instrument
  • Spanish: guaira — musical instrument
  • Spanish: rondador — musical instrument
  • Spanish: caramillo — musical instrument
  • Spanish: capador — musical instrument
  • Spanish: andarilla — musical instrument
  • Swedish: panflöjt — musical instrument
  • Tok Pisin: mambu — musical instrument
  • Turkish: panflüt — musical instrument
  • Welsh: pipau Pan — musical instrument