panic
Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animalsOverwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
» There isn't any reason to panic.
Немає причин для паніки.
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable)Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
Panik
па́никаpánika
па́нікаpánika
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
(countable)A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
(US, colloquial, countable)A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
(countable, uncountable)Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
(countable, uncountable)The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
Examples
282 sentencesThere isn't any reason to panic.
Немає причин для паніки.
The fire caused a panic in the theater.
Пожежа викликала паніку в театрі.
Tom began to panic.
Том запанікував.
ruТом запаниковал.
deTom geriet in Panik.
Tom is in a panic.
Том у паніці.
ruТом в панике.
There's no reason for panic.
Немає причин для паніки.
ruНет причин для паники.
Translations
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Origin
The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from AncientThe adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots.
From Late Middle English panik, panyk (“plant of the genus Panicum”), borrowed from Latin pānicum, pānīcum (“foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica); plant of the genus Panicum, panicgrass”); further etymology uncertain, probably either from pānis (“bread; loaf”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to graze; to protect; to shepherd”)) or pānus (“ear of millet; thread wound on a bobbin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to twist; to weave”)) + -cum (suffix forming neuter nouns). Doublet of bannock and bonnag
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Forms
plural: panicsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
36 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- panic attack
- a panic attack
- let's not panic
- cause a panic
- starting to panic
- not to panic
- having a panic