pan-pan

Translingual

interjection

Definitions

(radio) minor emergency requiring some assistance, not life-threatening

Etymology

Borrowed from English pan-pan derived from French panne (breakdown).

Origin

French

panne

Gloss

breakdown

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pan-pan English
panne English
Panne German
panne Dutch, Flemish
dépanner French
panne French
panne Old French
Pann Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch