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panne.

plush velvet

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pan/
  1. plush velvet

    feminine
  2. breakdown (state of no longer functioning)

    feminine
  3. purlin

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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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