pane

¹

[ peyn ]

noun

1. one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
2. a plate of glass for such a division.
3. a panel, as of a wainscot, ceiling, door, etc.
4. a flat section, side, or surface, as one of the sides of a bolthead.
5. Philately. a sheet of stamps or any large portion of one, as a half or a quarter, as issued by the post office.

pané

²

[ pa-ney; French pa-ney ]

adjective

1. (of food) covered with breadcrumbs; breaded.

pane

¹

/ peɪn /

noun

1. a variant of peen

pané

²

/ pane /

adjective

1. (of fish, meat, etc) dipped or rolled in breadcrumbs before cooking

pane

³

/ peɪn /

noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window or door
2. a panel of a window, door, wall, etc
3. a flat section or face, as of a cut diamond
4. philately
   1. any of the rectangular marked divisions of a sheet of stamps made for convenience in selling
   2. a single page in a stamp booklet See also tête-bêche se tenant

Other Words From

• paneless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pane¹

1250–1300; Middle English pane, pan strip of cloth, section < Middle French pan < Latin pannus cloth; akin to Old English fana flag; vane

Origin of pane²

From French

Word History and Origins

Origin of pane¹

C13: from Old French pan portion, from Latin pannus rag

Example Sentences

As I pondered leaving Chain — there was a McDonald’s down the street and a Pane Bianco inside the Row, both of which were cheaper and would have offered better experiences, one upscale and one low — I put on my headphones and queued up Pulp’s anthemic song “Common People.”

From Los Angeles Times

Shoppers are transported from the minimalist coffee shop into an expansive futuristic industrial space featuring silver beams and glowing aluminum ceiling pane fixtures contrasted with a natural concrete floor.

From Los Angeles Times

Later in the sketch, Johnson’s Trump stood behind a pane of bulletproof glass as he told the crowd, “I see you trying to leave, but the doors are locked.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Despite his panic, and as a pane of glass in the door started to shatter, he had the courage and presence of mind to knock on the doors of all of the flats to tell the occupants to leave."

From BBC

Shoppers are transported from the minimalist coffee shop into an expansive futuristic industrial space featuring silver beams and glowing aluminum ceiling pane fixtures contrasted with a natural concrete floor.

From Los Angeles Times

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