pandore
See also: Pandore
English
Etymology 1
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pænˈdɔː(ɹ)/
Noun
pandore (plural pandores)
- An ancient musical instrument; a bandore.
Synonyms
- pandoran
Noun
pandore (plural pandores)
- A kind of oyster found near Prestonpans on the Firth of Forth.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pandore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- aproned, operand, padrone
French
Etymology 1
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Noun
pandore m (plural pandores)
- (slang) passive and obediant police officer
Etymology 2
From Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πᾰνδοῦρᾰ (pandoûra).
Noun
pandore f (plural pandores)
- pandore
Descendants
- → English: pandore
Further reading
- “pandore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.