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pan-pan

[ pahn-pahn ]

noun

  1. an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pan-pan1

Reduplication and alteration of French panne “breakdown, failure”

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