panne

English

/pæn/

noun
Definitions
  • A pan, skillet, tin, or cookpot; any metal container used for cooking in.
  • The head, especially its top and its contents.
  • The harnpan or brainpan skull
  • 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French panne (breakdown) + Old English panne (pan)inherited from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ (pan) derived from Latin panna (broad cooking vessel).

Origin

Latin

panna

Gloss

broad cooking vessel

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