pandemic

Meaning

Adj

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.
2. (derogatory, usually) General, widespread.

Noun

1. A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
2. (specifically) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

Opposite of

nonpandemic

Synonyms

widespread

epidemic

pestilence

far-flung

plague

disseminated

widely distributed

dominant

extensive

Translations

pandémie

Pandemie

pandemia

pandemia

πανδημία

pandemia

pandemisch

pandemico

pandèmia

enfermedad contagiosa

malaltia contagiosa

pandemie

pandémique

evrensel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pænˈdɛmɪk/

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”).