pannier
pronunciation
How to pronounce pannier in British English:
UK [ˈpæniə(r)]
How to pronounce pannier in American English:
US [ˈpænjɚ, ˈpæniɚ]
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- Noun:
- a large wicker basket (usually one of a pair)
- set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips
Word Origin
- pannier
- pannier: [13] Etymologically, a pannier is something for carrying ‘bread’ in. It comes via Old French pannier from Latin pānārium ‘breadbasket’, a derivative of pānis ‘bread’. This originally meant simply ‘food’ (it came from the same ultimate source as Latin pābulum ‘food’, borrowed into English in the 17th century, and English food); ‘bread’ was a secondary development. It is the ancestor of the modern Romance words for ‘bread’ (French pain, Italian pane, Spanish pan, etc), and also gave English pantry.=> pantry
- pannier (n.)
- late 13c., "large basket for provisions," from Old French panier "basket," from Latin panarium "bread basket," from panis "bread" (see food).
Example
- 1. I had forced my future husband , after all , to cart the manuscript of my first novel 600 miles across the former east germany in his bicycle pannier .
- 2. A few years ago , however , things began to change . Frank pannier , the chief executive of the steel giant arcelormittal in kazakhstan , lived in nearby temirtau when astana became the capital and returned a decade later .