pan-pan

== Translingual == === Etymology === From English pan-pan, from French panne (“breakdown”). === Interjection === pan-pan (radio slang) minor emergency requiring some assistance, not life-threatening === See also === mayday == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pæn.pæn/ === Etymology 1 === From French panne (“breakdown”), reduplicated. ==== Alternative forms ==== pan pan, panpan, Pan Pan, Pan-Pan, PAN-PAN ==== Noun ==== pan-pan (uncountable) (aviation, shipping) A radio call indicating a minor emergency requiring some assistance, or priority in handling, but not endangering the safety of the vessel or those aboard. ==== See also ==== mayday sécurité SOS === Etymology 2 === From Japanese パンパン (panpan), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru). ==== Noun ==== pan-pan (historical) A Japanese prostitute who catered to American GIs in post-WWII occupied Japan. ===== Descendants ===== →? Cebuano: pampam →? Central Bikol: pampam →? Ilocano: pampam →? Maranao: panpan →? Tagalog: pampam →? Waray-Waray: pampam ==== See also ==== pum-pum === Further reading === Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344