World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariespoêle
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pwɛl/
"Il fait chauffer le beurre dans la poêle."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A shallow, wide, open metal container used for cooking, frying, or baking food.
"She heated some oil in a frying pan to cook the vegetables."
- 1
To swing a movie or television camera horizontally to sweep over a scene or follow a moving object.
"The camera pans slowly across the majestic mountain range."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan and German Pfanne. Historically referring to a broad, shallow container used for domestic purposes such as cooking, it has expanded metaphorically over centuries to include geological panning and critical panning.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pan" is said worldwide
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poêle
Transliteration: /pwɛl/
"Il fait chauffer le beurre dans la poêle."
Pfanne
Transliteration: /ˈpfanə/
"Er brät das Fleisch in einer heißen Pfanne."
padella
Transliteration: /paˈdɛl.la/
"Metti un po' d'olio nella padella."
sartén
Transliteration: /saɾˈten/
"Cocinó los huevos en una sartén."
frigideira
Transliteration: /fɾi.ʒiˈdej.ɾɐ/
"Ela colocou a carne na frigideira."
कड़ाही
Transliteration: kaṛāhī
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसने कड़ाही में सब्जियां पकाईं।"
平底锅
Transliteration: píng dǐ guō
Script: 中文汉字
"把菜放在平底锅里炒一下。"
팬
Transliteration: paen
Script: 한국어 한글
"팬에 버터를 녹여 주세요."
フライパン
Transliteration: furaipan
Script: 日本語
"フライパンで肉を焼きます。"
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