panino Italian · revision 39301

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1837, Raffaello Lambruschini|origins=la panis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /paˈni.no/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''panino''' ''m'' (plural panini)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive [[af|it|pane|-ino|t1=bread]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) The English word [[m|en|panini]] is borrowed from its plural.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first example is from Raffaello Lambruschini in 1837, a ''panino d'inchiostro della China'', a small cake of Chinese ink.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) In 1839–1841 Molossi complained that dictionaries lacked the word, used for the small blessed loaves of the feasts of Saint Roch and Saint Nicholas, and Tommaseo has ''panino'' “small loaf” in 1841.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Carena (1846) describes the ''panino'' as a small roll of very white flour with a glossy crust, not eaten at ordinary meals but dipped in coffee or chocolate.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|12, 484) The filled roll, ''panino imbottito'' or ''ripieno'', became the main sense: Carducci ate a ''panin gravido'', the Tuscan “pregnant roll”, at Grosseto.^(GDLI|12, 484)^(GRADIT 2003) Tommaseo–Bellini also records ''panino'' for a small block of chocolate, butter or soap.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ In television journalism a ''panino'' is a political report in which the opposition's view is placed between two statements from the government side.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GDLI|12, 484) English took the word as ''panino'' in 1955 and uses the plural ''panini'' as a singular, with a new plural ''paninis''.^(DIFIT)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1837 – Lambruschini writes of a ''panino'' of Chinese ink.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1841 – Tommaseo records ''panino'' “small loaf”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1846 – Carena describes the white breakfast roll.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1955 – The English word ''panino'' is first recorded.^(DIFIT)

+ * c. 1980 – ''Panini'' appear on US restaurant menus.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|bread roll]], a small loaf, usually round or oval: ''un panino integrale''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # A roll cut open and filled, a [[m|en|sandwich]]: ''Per il viaggio ci siamo portati due panini col formaggio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(journalism)'' A political news report in which the opposition's statement is placed between two from the government and its majority.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(invariable, journalism)'' In ''giornale panino'', a newspaper sold together with another paper or a magazine.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[paninaro]]

+ * [[paninoteca]]

+ * [[panineria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pane]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}