pan
Meaning
- (masculine) bread
- (masculine) bun (e.g. the kinds used for a hamburger or hot dog)
- (figuratively,masculine) money, dough
- (figuratively,masculine) work, job
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpan/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pānem whence English pantry and company. Compare Catalan pa, French pain, Galician pan, Italian pane, Occitan pan, Portuguese pão, Romanian pâine, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).
Cognate with Catalan
pa
Cognate with French
pain
Cognate with Galician
pan
Cognate with Portuguese
pão
Related words
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Sentences
Es tradicional la frase "¡ A falta de pan 🍞 , casabe !".
🍞
The phrase "For lack of bread, casabe!" is traditional.