Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pando

/pˈɑndoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: pan-do
IPA: /pˈɑndoʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Australian usage; British usage; Slang

name

name

A clonal grove of Populus tremuloides in Fishlake National Forest, Utah.

Example Sentences

"We have crunched Covid-19 to Covid; the specific coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 is mostly now "coronavirus", and has been joined by "the pandemic" (for some in Australia, the "pando"), "'rona" and even "miss Rona"."
"Had a radio job before the pando, now I don't. I went to school for it too. Now I gotta change gears and don't know howwwww"
"Pre-pando things were really going well. It's such a shame"
"I really hope the next pando is more effective... ¶ I feel like COVID didn't come through on its promise."

Etymology

Clipping of pandemic + -o.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pandō

Usage

Inflected Forms

Pandos (plural)

Synonyms

Trembling Giant

Rhymes With

condo armando mondo hernando kondo hondo londo rando raimondo elizondo villalpando morando

Questions

How do you pronounce pando?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɑndoʊ/.
What does pando mean?: A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Where does pando come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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