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| {{also|pandémonium|pandemònium|pandemónium}}
| | ''See also:'' [[pandémonium]], [[pandemònium]], [[pandemónium]] |
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| * {{alt|en|pandaemonium|pandæmonium}}
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| ===Etymology===
| | ''Word of the Day – August 25, 2007'' |
| {{coin|en|John Milton}} in ''{{w|Paradise Lost}}'' as {{m|en|Pandæmonium}}, from {{der|en|grc|πᾶν||all}} (equivalent to {{af|en|pan-}}) + {{der|en|la-lat|daemonium||evil spirit, demon}}, from {{der|en|grc|δαιμόνιον||deity}}.
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| ===Pronunciation=== | | ==Alternative forms== |
| * {{IPA|en|/ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm/|a=RP}} | | * pandaemonium |
| * {{IPA|en|/ˌpændəˈmoʊni.əm/|a=GA}} | | * pandæmonium |
| * {{audio|en|en-us-pandemonium.ogg|a=US}}
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| * {{audio|en|en-au-pandemonium.ogg|a=AU}}
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| * {{rhymes|en|əʊniəm|s=5}}
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| ===Noun=== | | ==Etymology== |
| {{en-noun|~|s|pandemonia}}
| | Coined by [[John Milton]] in ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' as ''Pandæmonium'', from Greek ''πᾶν'' (“all”) + Latin ''daemonium'' (“evil spirit, demon”), from Greek ''δαιμόνιον'' (“deity”). |
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| # A [[loud]], [[wild]], [[tumultuous]] [[protest]], [[disorder]], or [[chaotic]] situation, usually of a crowd, often [[violent]].
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| #: {{syn|en|chaos|bedlam}}
| | * RP: /ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm/ |
| #* {{RQ:Chesterton Thursday|page=259|passage=Whatever all this '''pandemonium''' means, I suppose the police station will help us.}}
| | * General American: /ˌpændəˈmoʊni.əm/ |
| #* {{quote-journal|en|date=October 22 2004|journal=w:The Boston Globe
| | * Rhymes with: -oʊniəm |
| |passage=Whenever you have violent '''pandemonium''', there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.}}
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| # An [[outburst]]; [[loud]], [[riotous]] [[uproar]], especially of a crowd.
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| #: {{syn|en|outburst|uproar}}
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| #* {{RQ:Guardian|date=Mar 14 2017|author=Stuart James|title=Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405221657/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/14/leicester-city-sevilla-champions-league-match-report|passage=Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue '''pandemonium''' in the stands.}}
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| # {{cln|en|collective nouns}} {{lb|en|collective}} A {{l|en|group}} of {{l|en|parrot}}s
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| #: {{cot|en|herd|flock|school}}
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| ====Derived terms==== | | ==Noun== |
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| | '''pandemonium''' (plural: ''pandemonia'') |
| |pandemonic
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| |pandemonious
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| ====Descendants====
| | # A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually involving a crowd and often violent. |
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| | #: Synonyms: [[chaos]], [[bedlam]] |
| * {{desc|ca|pandemònium|bor=1}}, {{desc|ca|pandemoni|nolang=1}}
| | #: ''“Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.”'' — G. K. Chesterton |
| * {{desc|nl|pandemonium|bor=1}}
| | #: ''“Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.”'' — The Boston Globe, October 22, 2004 |
| * {{desctree|fr|pandémonium|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|de|Pandämonium|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|el|πανδαιμόνιο|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|it|pandemonio|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|nn|pandemonium|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|pl|pandemonium|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|pt|pandemónio//pandemônio|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|es|pandemónium|bor=1}}, {{desc|es|pandemonio|nolang=1}}
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| * {{desc|sv|pandemonium|bor=1}}
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| * {{desc|ru|пандемониум|bor=1}}
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| ====Translations====
| | # An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd. |
| {{trans-top|chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder}}
| | #: Synonyms: [[outburst]], [[uproar]] |
| * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|хаос|m}}
| | #: ''“Cue pandemonium in the stands.”'' — The Guardian, March 14, 2017 |
| * Cebuano: {{t|ceb|kasibaw}}
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| * Dutch: {{t+|nl|pandemonium|n}}, {{t+|nl|heksenketel|m}}
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| * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sekasorto}}, {{t+|fi|kaaos}}
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| * French: {{t+|fr|chaos|m}}
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| * Galician: {{t+|gl|pandemonio|m}}
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| * German: {{t+|de|Tohuwabohu|n}}, {{t+|de|Tumult|m}}, {{t+|de|Anarchie|f}}, {{t+|de|Hexensabbat|m}} {{q|exalted}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|πανδαιμόνιο|n}}, {{t+|el|χαμός|m}}, {{t|el|της τρελής}}
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| * Icelandic: {{t+|is|ringulreið|f}}
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| * Polish: {{t+|pl|pandemonium|n}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pandemônio|m}} {{q|Brazil}}, {{t+|pt|pandemónio|m}} {{q|Portugal}}, {{t+|pt|caos|m}}
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| * Romanian: {{t+|ro|pandemoniu|n}}, {{t+|ro|haos|n}}
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| * Spanish: {{t+|es|pandemonio|m}}, {{t|es|pandemónium|m}}
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| * Tagalog: {{t|tl|kaguluhan}}
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| * Urdu: {{t|ur|شور|tr=śor}}, {{t|ur|افراتفری|tr=afrā-tafrī}}
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| {{trans-top|an outburst; loud, riotous uproar}}
| | # A group of parrots. (collective noun) |
| * Cebuano: {{t|ceb|kasibaw}}
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| * Dutch: {{t+|nl|pandemonium|n}}, {{t+|nl|heksenketel|m}}
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| * Finnish: {{t+|fi|mekastus}}
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| * French: {{t+|fr|chaos|m}}, {{t+|fr|charivari|m}}, {{t+|fr|tumulte|m}}, {{t+|fr|chahut|m}}, {{t+|fr|tohu-bohu|m}}
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| * German: {{t+|de|Aufruhr|m}}, {{t+|de|Gewaltausbruch|m}}, {{t+|de|Hexensabbat|m}} {{q|exalted}}
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| * Greek: {{t+|el|πανδαιμόνιο|n}}
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| * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|confusão|f}}, {{t+|pt|balbúrdia|f}}, {{t+|pt|tumulto|m}}
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| * Romanian: {{t+|ro|haos|n}}
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| * Tagalog: {{t|tl|kaguluhan}}
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| | * pandemonic |
| |Pandæmonium
| | * pandemoniac |
| |all hell breaks loose
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| | * pandemoniacally |
| | * pandemoniac |
| | * pandemoniacal |
| | * pandemoniacally |
| | * pandemonious |
| | * pandemonium architecture |
| | * pandemonium effect |
| | * pandamonium |
| | * fandemonium |
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| | * Catalan: ''pandemònium'' |
| | * Dutch: ''pandemonium'' |
| | * French: ''pandémonium'' |
| | * German: ''Pandämonium'' |
| | * Greek: ''πανδαιμόνιο'' |
| | * Italian: ''pandemonio'' |
| | * Polish: ''pandemonium'' |
| | * Portuguese: ''pandemónio / pandemônio'' |
| | * Spanish: ''pandemonio'' |
| | * Swedish: ''pandemonium'' |
| | * Russian: ''пандемониум'' |
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| * {{audio|nl|Nl-pandemonium.ogg}} | | ; Chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder |
| | * Bulgarian: хаос |
| | * Dutch: ''pandemonium'', ''heksenketel'' |
| | * Finnish: ''sekasorto'', ''kaaos'' |
| | * French: ''chaos'' |
| | * German: ''Tohuwabohu'', ''Tumult'', ''Anarchie'' |
| | * Greek: ''πανδαιμόνιο'' |
| | * Polish: ''pandemonium'' |
| | * Portuguese: ''pandemônio'', ''pandemónio'', ''caos'' |
| | * Romanian: ''pandemoniu'', ''haos'' |
| | * Spanish: ''pandemonio'' |
| | * Urdu: شور, افراتفری |
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| | ; Loud uproar |
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| | * Dutch: ''pandemonium'' |
| | * Finnish: ''mekastus'' |
| | * French: ''tumulte'', ''charivari'', ''chahut'' |
| | * German: ''Aufruhr'' |
| | * Portuguese: ''confusão'', ''balbúrdia'', ''tumulto'' |
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| # pandemonium, residence of all demons/devils, hell
| | ==See also== |
| # pandemonium, a 'hellish' chaos, notably terrible noise and disorder
| | * [[Pandæmonium]] |
| | * [[all hell breaks loose]] |
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| # {{lb|nn|antiquity}} [[temple]] for all [[god]]s and [[demigod]]s
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| # {{l|en|pandemonium}} {{q|residence for all demons}}
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| #: {{syn|nn|helvete}}
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| | # The residence of all demons; hell. |
| | # A hellish chaos; terrible noise and disorder. |
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| # {{lb|pl|literary}} {{l|en|pandemonium}} {{gl|hell}} | | # (antiquity) A temple for all gods and demigods. |
| #: {{syn|pl|piekło}}
| | # The residence of all demons; hell. |
| # {{lb|pl|literary}} {{l|en|pandemonium}} {{gl|chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence}} | | #: Synonym: ''helvete'' |
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| * {{alt|sv|pandæmonium|pandämonium||archaic}}
| | Borrowed from English ''pandemonium''. |
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| Ultimately {{der+|sv|en|Pandæmonium|nocap=1}}. {{etydate|1815}}.{{ref|{{R:svenska.se|SO}}}}
| | '''pandemonium''' (neuter, indeclinable) |
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| | # (literary) Hell. |
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| | #: Synonym: ''piekło'' |
| | # (literary) Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence. |
| | #: Synonym: ''koszmar'' |
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| #* {{quote-book|1=sv|year=1846|author={{w|Johan Nybom|lang=sv}}|title=Samlade dikter III|page=32|pageurl=https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/NybomJ/titlar/SamladeDikter3/sida/30/faksimil|text=Det gamla Roma var<br>Nu hela kristenhetens rika prestgäll,<br>Ett '''pandämonium''' som förr, der lasten,<br>I påfvemantel och i munkekåpor,<br>Uppvaktade — o, hvilket skändligt hån!|t=The old Rome were<br>Now the rich clergy of all Christendom,<br>A '''pandemonium''' as of old, where vice,<br>In pope's robes and in monk's hoods,<br>Courted — Oh, what a shameful mockery!}}
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| | ==Alternative forms== |
| | * pandæmonium |
| | * pandämonium (archaic) |
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| | ==Etymology== |
| | From English ''Pandæmonium''. First attested 1815. |
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| | '''pandemonium''' (neuter) |
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| | # Pandemonium; chaos or uproar. |
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| | ==References== |
| | * Svenska Akademiens ordbok |
See also: pandémonium, pandemònium, pandemónium
English
Word of the Day – August 25, 2007
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
Descendants
- Catalan: pandemònium
- Dutch: pandemonium
- French: pandémonium
- German: Pandämonium
- Greek: πανδαιμόνιο
- Italian: pandemonio
- Polish: pandemonium
- Portuguese: pandemónio / pandemônio
- Spanish: pandemonio
- Swedish: pandemonium
- Russian: пандемониум
Translations
- Chaos; tumultuous protest or disorder
- Bulgarian: хаос
- Dutch: pandemonium, heksenketel
- Finnish: sekasorto, kaaos
- French: chaos
- German: Tohuwabohu, Tumult, Anarchie
- Greek: πανδαιμόνιο
- Polish: pandemonium
- Portuguese: pandemônio, pandemónio, caos
- Romanian: pandemoniu, haos
- Spanish: pandemonio
- Urdu: شور, افراتفری
- Loud uproar
- Dutch: pandemonium
- Finnish: mekastus
- French: tumulte, charivari, chahut
- German: Aufruhr
- Portuguese: confusão, balbúrdia, tumulto
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
(Audio: Nl-pandemonium.ogg)
Noun
pandemonium (neuter)
- The residence of all demons; hell.
- A hellish chaos; terrible noise and disorder.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
pandemonium (neuter)
- (antiquity) A temple for all gods and demigods.
- The residence of all demons; hell.
- Synonym: helvete
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English pandemonium.
Noun
pandemonium (neuter, indeclinable)
- (literary) Hell.
- Synonym: piekło
- (literary) Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence.
- Synonym: koszmar
Swedish
- pandæmonium
- pandämonium (archaic)
Etymology
From English Pandæmonium. First attested 1815.
Noun
pandemonium (neuter)
- (figuratively) A place where evil demons gather.
- Pandemonium; chaos or uproar.
References
- Svenska Akademiens ordbok
