Feminine

panne

Meaning

  1. (feminine) plush velvet
  2. (feminine) breakdown (state of no longer functioning)
  3. (feminine) purlin

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pan/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle French panne, from Old French penne (“fur, especially for lining garments”), from Latin pinna (“feather”). The semantic trajectory was possibly influenced by a Frankish term with the same double-sense as Middle High German vëder (“fur; feather”).

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