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
- (colloquial) The giant panda [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: mottled bear, panda bear
- (Britain, colloquial, law enforcement) A black and white 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
- panda car
- panda crossing
- panda hugger
- pandalike
- pandamonium
- reverse panda
- trash panda
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
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
Chachi
References
- The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)
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 |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑn.daː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pan‧da
Noun
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑndɑ/, [ˈpɑndɑ]
- Hyphenation: pan‧da
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 |
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/
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
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 |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʰanta/
- Rhymes: -anta
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
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ollphanda m (“giant panda”)
- panda rua m (“red panda”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
panda | phanda | bpanda |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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)
- panda
- Synonyms: giant panda, lesser panda, red panda, panda bear
- Synonym: panda gigante
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
Ailuropoda melanoleuca on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it Ailurus fulgens on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Polish
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǎːnda/
- Hyphenation: pan‧da
Spanish

Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpan.da/
- Rhymes: -anda
Swahili
Conjugation
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Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
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
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [panda]
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.
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 |
non-finite forms | |||
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