Panda

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Panda (plural Pandas) A South Asian surname. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpanda] === Noun === Panda m (strong, genitive Pandas, plural Pandas) panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Synonyms: Pandabär, Bambusbär ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Panda” in Duden online == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpan.da] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpan.da] === Etymology 1 === From pandō. ==== Proper noun ==== Panda m sg (genitive Pandae); first declension a river of Scythia mentioned by Tacitus ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, singular only. === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Italic *Patnā, from *patnō (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *pt-ne-h₂-ti, a nasal-infix present made from *peth₂-. ==== Proper noun ==== Panda f sg (genitive Pandae); first declension (Roman mythology) a Roman goddess, whom Festus identifies as the "goddess of the rustics" and Varro relates as the goddess who provides "bread" and therefore "food"; possibly an epithet of Juno Synonym: Empanda ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Panda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Panda”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.