panache English · revision 209
5 Oct 2026, 22:17 by bogdan “Add pronunciation, sense history, timeline, word family, related words; definitions under Modern meaning” current version
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /pəˈnæʃ/, /pəˈnɑːʃ/^(Wiktionary)
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==Etymology==
− First recorded in 1553 in the sense “tuft or plume of feathers”,^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) [[bor|frm|pennache]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) [[der|it|pennacchio]],^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) [[der|la-lat|pinnāculum|t=small wing]],^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) diminutive of Latin ''pinna'' “feather, wing”.^(AHD)^(RHWU) The modern spelling follows French ''panache''.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ It is [[bor|frm|pennache]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) [[der|it|pennacchio]],^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) [[der|la-lat|pinnāculum|t=small wing]],^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) diminutive of Latin ''pinna'' “feather, wing”.^(AHD)^(RHWU) The modern spelling follows French ''panache''.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
− The figurative sense “display, swagger” is recorded from 1898, in a translation of ''Cyrano de Bergerac''.^(Etymonline) Doublet of [[pinnacle]].^(Wiktionary)
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ A tuft or plume of feathers, especially as an ornament for a helmet (1553).^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)
− ==Noun==
− '''panache'''
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The figurative sense “display, swagger” is recorded from 1898, in a translation of ''Cyrano de Bergerac''.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In astronomy the word once named a plume-like solar prominence (1887),^(OED 1989) and in architecture it is also the surface of a pendentive.^(RHWU)
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1553 – “a plume of feathers”.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)
+ * 1887 – a plume-like solar prominence.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1898 – “display, swagger, verve”.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
# Flamboyant confidence of style or action; verve, flair.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
# An ornamental plume of feathers, especially on a helmet.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[pinnacle]]
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==References==
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