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pantechnicon

pan·tech·ni·con
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pan-tek-ni-kon, -kuh n]
    • /pænˈtɛk nɪˌkɒn, -kən/
    • /pæn.ˈtek.nɪkən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pan-tek-ni-kon, -kuh n]
    • /pænˈtɛk nɪˌkɒn, -kən/

Definitions of pantechnicon word

  • noun pantechnicon a furniture van; moving van. 1
  • noun pantechnicon a large van, esp one used for furniture removals 0
  • noun pantechnicon a warehouse where furniture is stored 0
  • noun pantechnicon a bazaar where all kinds of things were sold 0
  • noun pantechnicon a warehouse 0
  • noun pantechnicon a furniture van 0
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Origin of pantechnicon

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
1820-30; pan- + Greek technikón artistic, skillful (neuter of technikós); see technic

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Parts of speech for Pantechnicon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pantechnicon

pantechnicon popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

pantechnicon usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with pantechnicon

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