panache
See also: panaché
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French panache, from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinnacle.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /pəˈnæʃ/, /pəˈnɑːʃ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æʃ
Noun edit
panache (countable and uncountable, plural panaches)
- (countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.
- 1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 4, in The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard:
- I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me.
- (uncountable, figurative) Flamboyance, energetic style or action.
- Synonyms: dash, flamboyance, swagger, verve
- 1894, Kate Chopin, “At the 'Cadian Ball”, in Bayou Folk:
- One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had.
- 1988 December 11, Thomas M. Disch, “Lost in Cyberspace”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Cyberpunk caters to the wish-fulfillment requirements of male teen-agers, but this is a job that can be done with varying degrees of panache, and there is currently no more accomplished caterer than William Gibson.
Translations edit
ornamental helmet plume
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flamboyant style or action
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), borrowed from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinacle.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panache m (plural panaches)
- (also figurative) panache
- (Canada) the bulk of antlers of deer and moose
- column (of smoke)
Synonyms edit
- (flamboyant style): flamboyance, verve, brio, bravoure
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “panache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- panache on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French panache, itself from Italian pennacchio.
Noun edit
panache m (invariable)
- (fashion) panache (ornamental plumage)
- Synonym: pennacchio
Further reading edit
- panache in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana