"panda" meaning in French

See panda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɑ̃.da/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-panda.wav [France] (note: Brétigny-sur-Orge), LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-panda.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-panda.wav [France] (note: Agen), LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-panda.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: pandas [plural]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second element of nigálya-pónya, a form recorded by Brian Houghton Hodgson and possibly ultimately derived from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya), whose usual meaning is “messenger”. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:der<unc>|bo:ཕོ་ཉ}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Tibetan", "term" : "ཕོ་ཉ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bo" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "panda", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="panda">, {{unk|fr|unclear}} unclear, {{der|fr|bo|ཕོ་ཉ}} Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya), {{m-g|messenger}} “messenger” Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} panda m (plural pandas)
  1. panda Wikipedia link: Brian Houghton Hodgson Tags: masculine Derived forms: panda éclatant, panda fuligineux, panda géant, panda roux, petit panda

Inflected forms

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    {
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        {
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "roman": "panda",
          "word": "パンダ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "lang_code": "km",
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          ],
          "roman": "pheendaa",
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        },
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          "lang_code": "ko",
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          ],
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          "word": "판다"
        },
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          "lang_code": "ms",
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          ],
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        },
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          ],
          "word": "panda"
        },
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          "lang_code": "th",
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        }
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      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "panda fuligineux"
        },
        {
          "word": "panda géant"
        },
        {
          "word": "panda roux"
        },
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        }
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        ]
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      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/pɑ̃.da/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "Valais"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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        "France"
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    }
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}
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    {
      "word": "panda éclatant"
    },
    {
      "word": "panda fuligineux"
    },
    {
      "word": "panda géant"
    },
    {
      "word": "panda roux"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit panda"
    }
  ],
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          "lang_code": "ja",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
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          "word": "パンダ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "lang_code": "km",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "word": "ផេនដា"
        },
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          "lang_code": "ko",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "panda",
          "word": "판다"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "ms",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "panda"
        },
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          "lang_code": "tl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "panda"
        },
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "lang_code": "th",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "panda"
}

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