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| * fandemonium | | * fandemonium |
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| ==Descendants==
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| * Catalan: ''pandemònium''
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| * Dutch: ''pandemonium''
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| * French: ''pandémonium''
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| * German: ''Pandämonium''
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| * Greek: ''πανδαιμόνιο''
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| * Italian: ''pandemonio''
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| * Polish: ''pandemonium''
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| * Portuguese: ''pandemónio / pandemônio''
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| * Spanish: ''pandemonio''
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| * Swedish: ''pandemonium''
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| * Russian: ''пандемониум''
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| ==Translations==
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| ; Chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder
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| * Bulgarian: хаос
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| * Dutch: ''pandemonium'', ''heksenketel''
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| * Finnish: ''sekasorto'', ''kaaos''
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| * French: ''chaos''
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| * German: ''Tohuwabohu'', ''Tumult'', ''Anarchie''
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| * Greek: ''πανδαιμόνιο''
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| * Polish: ''pandemonium''
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| * Portuguese: ''pandemônio'', ''pandemónio'', ''caos''
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| * Romanian: ''pandemoniu'', ''haos''
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| * Spanish: ''pandemonio''
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| * Urdu: شور, افراتفری
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| ; Loud uproar
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| * Dutch: ''pandemonium''
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| * Finnish: ''mekastus''
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| * French: ''tumulte'', ''charivari'', ''chahut''
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| * German: ''Aufruhr''
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| * Portuguese: ''confusão'', ''balbúrdia'', ''tumulto''
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| * [[all hell breaks loose]] | | * [[all hell breaks loose]] |
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| =Dutch=
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| ==Pronunciation==
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| (Audio: Nl-pandemonium.ogg)
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| ==Noun==
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| '''pandemonium''' (neuter)
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| # The residence of all demons; hell.
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| # A hellish chaos; terrible noise and disorder.
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| ==Noun==
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| '''pandemonium''' (neuter)
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| # (antiquity) A temple for all gods and demigods.
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| # The residence of all demons; hell.
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| #: Synonym: ''helvete''
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| =Polish=
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| ==Etymology==
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| Borrowed from English ''pandemonium''.
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| ==Noun==
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| '''pandemonium''' (neuter, indeclinable)
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| # (literary) Hell.
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| #: Synonym: ''piekło''
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| # (literary) Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence.
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| #: Synonym: ''koszmar''
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| =Swedish=
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| ==Alternative forms==
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| * pandæmonium
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| * pandämonium (archaic)
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| ==Etymology==
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| From English ''Pandæmonium''. First attested 1815.
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| ==Noun==
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| '''pandemonium''' (neuter)
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| # (figuratively) A place where evil demons gather.
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| # Pandemonium; chaos or uproar.
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| ==References==
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| * Svenska Akademiens ordbok
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English
Etymology
Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium, from Greek πᾶν (“all”) + Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Greek δαιμόνιον (“deity”).
Pronunciation
- RP: /ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm/
- General American: /ˌpændəˈmoʊni.əm/
- Rhymes with: -oʊniəm
Noun
pandemonium (plural: pandemonia)
- A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually involving a crowd and often violent.
- Synonyms: chaos, bedlam
- “Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.” — G. K. Chesterton
- “Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.” — The Boston Globe, October 22, 2004
- An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
- Synonyms: outburst, uproar
- “Cue pandemonium in the stands.” — The Guardian, March 14, 2017
- A group of parrots. (collective noun)
Derived terms
- pandemonic
- pandemoniac
- pandemoniacal
- pandemoniacally
- pandemoniac
- pandemoniacal
- pandemoniacally
- pandemonious
- pandemonium architecture
- pandemonium effect
- pandamonium
- fandemonium
See also
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