frying pan

noun

A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.

Similar
fry panfrypanpanskillet
OriginMiddle English fryyng panne →
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Meanings

frying pan1

nounfrying pan (plural frying pans)

plural frying pans · alternative frying-pan · alternative fryingpan

  1. cookingA long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.

    And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 2:7

    Synonyms: fry pan, frypan, pan, skillet

Frying Pan2

proper noun
  1. A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.

Similar
fry panfrypanpanskillet

More synonyms by meaning

nouna pan used for frying foods

Similar
frypanskillet
Broader
pancooking pan
Also see
frypanpanskillet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfryyng panne
  2. Englishfrying pan

From Middle English fryyng panne; equivalent to frying + pan.

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Translations

Afrikaans braaipan, eierpan
  • braaipanlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • eierpanlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Ancient Greek τάγηνον
  • τάγηνον (tágēnon)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Arabic مِقْلَاة
  • مِقْلَاة (miqlāh)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Basque zartagin
  • zartaginlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Bengali ভাজার চাটু, ফ্রাইং প্যান
  • ভাজার চাটু (bhajar caṭu)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • ফ্রাইং প্যান (phraiṅ pên)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Bulgarian тига́н
  • тига́н (tigán)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Catalan paella
  • paellalong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Chinese Mandarin 平底鍋 /平底锅, 煎鍋 /煎锅
  • 平底鍋 /平底锅 (píngdǐguō)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • 煎鍋 /煎锅 (jiānguō)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Czech pánev
  • pánevlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Danish stegepande
  • stegepandelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Dutch koekenpan
  • koekenpanlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Esperanto pato, fritilo
  • patolong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • fritilolong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Estonian praepann, pann
  • praepannlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • pannlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Finnish paistinpannu
  • paistinpannulong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
French poêle, poêle à frire
  • poêlelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • poêle à frirelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • esquilettelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
German Bratpfanne, Pfanne
  • Bratpfannelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • Pfannelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Greek τηγάνι
  • τηγάνι (tigáni)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Hebrew מַחֲבַת
  • מַחֲבַת (makhavát)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Hindi कड़ाही, कड़ाहा
  • कड़ाही (kaṛāhī)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • कड़ाहा (kaṛāhā)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • तवा (tavā)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Hungarian serpenyő
  • serpenyőlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Icelandic steikarpanna
  • steikarpannalong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Italian padella, tegame
  • padellalong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • tegamelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Japanese フライパン
  • フライパン (furaipan)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Korean 프라이팬, 후라이팬
  • 프라이팬 (peuraipaen)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • 후라이팬 (huraipaen)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Latin sartāgō
  • sartāgōlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Latvian panna
  • pannalong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Lithuanian keptuvė
  • keptuvėlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Māori raupane, parai
  • raupanelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • parailong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Norwegian Bokmål stekepanne, steikepanne
  • stekepannelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • steikepannelong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Persian تابه, ماهیتابه
  • تابه (tâbe)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • ماهیتابه (mâhitâbe)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Polish patelnia
  • patelnialong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Portuguese frigideira, sertã
  • frigideiralong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • sertãlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Romanian tigaie, cratiță
  • tigaielong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • cratițălong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Russian сковорода́, сковоро́дка
  • сковорода́ (skovorodá)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • сковоро́дка (skovoródka)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Scottish Gaelic sgeileid, aghann
  • sgeileidlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • aghannlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Slovak panvica
  • panvicalong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Spanish sartén
  • sarténlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Swedish stekpanna, stekplåt
  • stekpannalong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • stekplåtlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Tagalog kawali
  • kawalilong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Thai กระทะ
  • กระทะ (grà-tá)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Turkish tava
  • tavalong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Ukrainian сковорода́, пате́льня
  • сковорода́ (skovorodá)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • пате́льня (patélʹnja)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • сковорі́дка (skovorídka)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Urdu کڑاہی, توا
  • کڑاہی (kaṛāhī)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • توا (tavā)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • تابہ (tâba)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Vietnamese chảo, xanh
  • chảolong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
  • xanhlong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Welsh padell ffrio
  • padell ffriolong-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
Yiddish סקאָווראָדע
  • סקאָווראָדע (skovrode)long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food
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