Meanings
alternative pan pipes · alternative panpipe · alternative Pan's-pipes
- pluralplural onlyentertainmentAn instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.
Synonyms: Pandean pipes, pan flute, pan pipe, pipes of Pan, shepherd's pipe, syrinx
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.
Origin
From Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipes.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek σῦριγξ
- σῦριγξ (sûrinx)musical instrument
Arabic مِصْفَار
- مِصْفَار (miṣfār)musical instrument
Bulgarian пан-флейта
- пан-флейта (pan-flejta)musical instrument
Catalan flauta de Pan, bufacanyes
- flauta de Panmusical instrument
- bufacanyesmusical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 排笛, 潘笛
- 排笛 (páidí)musical instrument
- 潘笛 (Pāndí)musical instrument
- 排簫 /排箫 (páixiāo)musical instrument
Czech panova flétna
- panova flétnamusical instrument
Danish panfløjte
- panfløjtemusical instrument
Dutch panfluit
- panfluitmusical instrument
Estonian paaniflööt, paanivile
- paaniflöötmusical instrument
- paanivilemusical instrument
Finnish panhuilu
- panhuilumusical instrument
French flûte de Pan, syrinx
- flûte de Panmusical instrument
- syrinxmusical instrument
- syringemusical instrument
German Panflöte
- Panflötemusical instrument
Greek σύριγγα
- σύριγγα (sýringa)musical instrument
Hungarian pánsíp
- pánsípmusical instrument
Icelandic panflauta
- panflautamusical instrument
Italian flauto di Pan, siringe
- flauto di Panmusical instrument
- siringemusical instrument
Japanese パンパイプ, パンフルート
- パンパイプ (panpaipu)musical instrument
- パンフルート (panfurūto)musical instrument
Korean 팬플룻, 팬플루트
- 팬플룻 (paenpeullut)musical instrument
- 팬플루트 (paenpeulluteu)musical instrument
- 팬파이프 (paenpaipeu)musical instrument
Persian موسیقار
- موسیقار (musiqâr)musical instrument
Polish fletnia Pana
- fletnia Panamusical instrument
Portuguese flauta de Pã, siringe
- flauta de Pãmusical instrument
- siringemusical instrument
Romanian nai
- naimusical instrument
Russian пан-фле́йта
- пан-фле́йта (pan-fléjta)musical instrument
Spanish zampoña, flauta de Pan
- zampoñamusical instrument
- flauta de Panmusical instrument
- toyomusical instrument
- sicumusical instrument
- sicurimusical instrument
- sikumusical instrument
- sikusmusical instrument
- sikurimusical instrument
- siringamusical instrument
- antaramusical instrument
- guairamusical instrument
- rondadormusical instrument
Swedish panflöjt
- panflöjtmusical instrument
Turkish panflüt
- panflütmusical instrument
Welsh pipau Pan
- pipau Panmusical instrument
Cite this entry
panpipes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panpipes
“panpipes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panpipes. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panpipes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panpipes.
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