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Panne
panne
panne
English
Noun
panne (plural pannes)
- A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.
- A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close.
- (ecology) A wetland consisting of a small depression, with or without standing water, often in a salt marsh or other coastal wetland.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French panne (“a fur lining; a warp resulting from such a lining, hence a breakdown”) from Medieval Latin panna, alteration of Latin penna (“quill”) from pinna (“feather, wing”). The transition of sense from "feather/wing" to "fur" is due to an associative analogy to the corresponding Frankish word *feder, which could mean both "feather" and "fur"; compare Middle High German vëder, federe (“feather"/"fur”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pan/
Noun
panne f (plural pannes)
- plush velvet
- breakdown (state of no longer functioning)
Related terms
Italian
Noun
panne f
- plural of panna
Noun
panne f (invariable)
- breakdown (of a car etc)