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panique.

pertaining to the god Pan

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/pa.nik/

  1. pertaining to the god Pan

    archaic · literary

  2. panicked

    literary

  3. sudden, violent, and mostly baseless

    peur panique
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French panique, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós), from Πάν (Pán). Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots.

noun/pa.nik/

  1. panic

    feminine
    crise de panique
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French panique, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós), from Πάν (Pán). Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots.

verb/pa.nik/

  1. inflection of paniquer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of paniquer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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