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pannier

/ˈpæniə/PA-nee-ur
/ˈpæniɚ/PA-nee-ur

Meaningbread

Common meaning: a basket carried by an animal or bicycle

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PA‘feed, nourish, protect’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 186, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinpanis‘bread’source
  3. Latinpanarium‘a bread-basket’source
  4. Frenchpaniersource
  5. Middle Englishpaniersource
  6. Englishmeaning shiftsa bread-basket → a basket carried by an animal or bicyclepannier‘a basket carried by an animal or bicycle’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin panis ‘bread’.

Roots

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