panda
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1


From French panda, of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second element of nigálya-pónya, a form recorded by Brian Houghton Hodgson and possibly ultimately derived from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya), whose usual meaning is "messenger".
Noun
panda (plural pandas)
- (now rare without qualifying word) The red panda, a small raccoon-like animal, Ailurus fulgens of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail. [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: lesser panda, red panda
- The giant panda – a black and white bear-like animal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca from the mountains of China. [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: mottled bear, panda bear
- (Britain, colloquial, law enforcement) A police car. [from 20th c.]
- 1975, Race Today (volumes 7-8, page 279)
- […] the youth sighted a police personnel carrier, two dog patrol vans, a motorway style car, at least two pandas and one unmarked police car.
- 1975, Race Today (volumes 7-8, page 279)
Derived terms
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Translations
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Etymology 2
From Hindi पंडा (paṇḍā), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “learned, wise”). Compare pundit.
Noun
panda (plural pandas)
- (Hinduism) A brahmin who acts as the superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, as a hereditary position. [from 20th c.]
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 138:
- ‘I may be man of commerce in your eyes, Miss—and in this age of evil, who is not?—but are you aware that eleven generations of my ancestors have been pandas at one of Nabadwip's most famous temples?’
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 138:
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
panda m (plural pandes)
Cebuano
Etymology
From English panda, from French panda, of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second element of nigálya-pónya, a form recorded by Brian Houghton Hodgson and possibly ultimately derived from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya), whose usual meaning is "messenger".
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pan‧da
Noun
panda
- the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
- the red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
Chachi
Noun
panda
References
- The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpanda/
Noun
panda f
Declension
Further reading
- panda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- panda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Noun
panda c (singular definite pandaen, plural indefinite pandaer)
- giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
- Synonyms: stor panda, bambusbjørn
- red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- Synonyms: lille panda, rød panda, kattebjørn
Inflection
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | panda | pandaen | pandaer | pandaerne |
| genitive | pandas | pandaens | pandaers | pandaernes |
See also
panda on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
From French panda, apparently from a local language in Nepal.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pan‧da
Noun
panda m (plural panda's, diminutive pandaatje n)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑndɑ/
- Hyphenation: pan‧da
Noun
panda
- panda
- Synonyms: isopanda, jättiläispanda, pandakarhu
Declension
| Inflection of panda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | panda | pandat | |
| genitive | pandan | pandojen | |
| partitive | pandaa | pandoja | |
| illative | pandaan | pandoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | panda | pandat | |
| accusative | nom. | panda | pandat |
| gen. | pandan | ||
| genitive | pandan | pandojen pandainrare | |
| partitive | pandaa | pandoja | |
| inessive | pandassa | pandoissa | |
| elative | pandasta | pandoista | |
| illative | pandaan | pandoihin | |
| adessive | pandalla | pandoilla | |
| ablative | pandalta | pandoilta | |
| allative | pandalle | pandoille | |
| essive | pandana | pandoina | |
| translative | pandaksi | pandoiksi | |
| instructive | — | pandoin | |
| abessive | pandatta | pandoitta | |
| comitative | — | pandoineen | |
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Coined by Georges Cuvier in 1825. Of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second element of nigálya-pónya, a form recorded by Brian Houghton Hodgson and possibly ultimately derived from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya), whose usual meaning is "messenger".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑ̃.da/
Noun
panda m (plural pandas)
Further reading
- “panda” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒndɒ]
- Hyphenation: pan‧da
Noun
panda (plural pandák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | panda | pandák |
| accusative | pandát | pandákat |
| dative | pandának | pandáknak |
| instrumental | pandával | pandákkal |
| causal-final | pandáért | pandákért |
| translative | pandává | pandákká |
| terminative | pandáig | pandákig |
| essive-formal | pandaként | pandákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pandában | pandákban |
| superessive | pandán | pandákon |
| adessive | pandánál | pandáknál |
| illative | pandába | pandákba |
| sublative | pandára | pandákra |
| allative | pandához | pandákhoz |
| elative | pandából | pandákból |
| delative | pandáról | pandákról |
| ablative | pandától | pandáktól |
| Possessive forms of panda | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pandám | pandáim |
| 2nd person sing. | pandád | pandáid |
| 3rd person sing. | pandája | pandái |
| 1st person plural | pandánk | pandáink |
| 2nd person plural | pandátok | pandáitok |
| 3rd person plural | pandájuk | pandáik |
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʰanta/
- Rhymes: -anta
Noun
panda f (genitive singular pöndu, nominative plural pöndur)
Declension
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | panda | pandan | pöndur | pöndurnar |
| accusative | pöndu | pönduna | pöndur | pöndurnar |
| dative | pöndu | pöndunni | pöndum | pöndunum |
| genitive | pöndu | pöndunnar | panda/pandna | pandanna/pandnanna |
Synonyms
- pandabjörn
- pandabirna (a female bear)
Irish
Etymology
Noun
panda m (genitive singular panda, nominative plural pandaí)
Declension
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| panda | phanda | bpanda |
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Further reading
- "panda" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “panda” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “panda” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpan.da/, [ˈpän̪d̪ä]
- Stress: pànda
- Hyphenation: pan‧da
Noun
panda m (invariable)
Derived terms
See also
References
Further reading
Ailuropoda melanoleuca on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Ailurus fulgens on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Verb
pandā
- second-person singular present active imperative of pandō
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pandak.
Verb
panda
Malay
Alternative forms
- ڤندا
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pandə]
- Rhymes: -andə, -də, -ə
Noun
panda (Jawi spelling ڤندا, plural panda-panda)
- panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Norman
Etymology
Noun
panda m (plural pandas)
Polish
Noun
panda f
Declension
Portuguese
Noun
panda m (plural pandas)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǎːnda/
- Hyphenation: pan‧da
Noun
pánda f (Cyrillic spelling па́нда)
Declension
Spanish

Etymology 1
Adjective
panda
- Feminine singular of adjective pando.
Noun
panda f (plural pandas)
- (colloquial) gang
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpan.da/
- Rhymes: -anda
Noun
panda m (plural pandas)
- panda
- Synonyms: panda gigante, oso panda
Derived terms
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Swahili
Verb
-panda (infinitive kupanda)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpanda/
Noun
panda c
- giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
- Synonyms: jättepanda, pandabjörn
- red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- Synonyms: kattbjörn, mindre panda, liten panda, röd panda
Declension
| Declension of panda | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | panda | pandan | pandor | pandorna |
| Genitive | pandas | pandans | pandors | pandornas |
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [panda]
Noun
panda (definite accusative pandayı, plural pandalar)
Declension
| Inflection | ||
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| Nominative | panda | |
| Definite accusative | pandayı | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | panda | pandalar |
| Definite accusative | pandayı | pandaları |
| Dative | pandaya | pandalara |
| Locative | pandada | pandalarda |
| Ablative | pandadan | pandalardan |
| Genitive | pandanın | pandaların |
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pandak.
Verb
panda
Inflection
| Inflection | |||
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| 1st infinitive | panda | ||
| present indic. | paneb | ||
| past indic. | pani | ||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | panen | panin | — |
| 2nd singular | paned | panid | pane |
| 3rd singular | paneb | pani | ? |
| 1st plural | panem | panim | pangam |
| 2nd plural | panet | panit | pangat |
| 3rd plural | pandas paneba |
paniba | ? |
| sing. conneg.1 | pane | panend | pane |
| plur. conneg. | pangoi | pannugoi | pangoi |
| present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
| 1st singular | panižin | pannuižin | pannen |
| 2nd singular | panižid | pannuižid | panned |
| 3rd singular | paniži | pannuiži | panneb |
| 1st plural | panižim | pannuižim | pannem |
| 2nd plural | panižit | pannuižit | pannet |
| 3rd plural | panižiba | pannuižiba | panneba |
| connegative | paniži | pannuiži | panne |
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| 1st infinitive | panda | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | pandes | inessive | panmas |
| instructive | panden | illative | panmaha |
| participles | elative | panmaspäi | |
| present active | panii | adessive | panmal |
| past active | pannu | abessive | panmat |
| past passive | pandud | ||
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “вкладывать, включать, вставить, выпадать, класть, надеть, назначить, накладывать, подложить, положить, поставить, разложить, расставлять, складывать, сложить, ставить, укладывать, установить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika