panettone

panettone

English

An Italian panettone.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian panettone, from Lombard panaton, an augmentative of pan (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpænəˈtoʊni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpanɪˈtəʊnɪ/, /ˌpanɪˈtəʊneɪ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -əʊni, -əʊneɪ

Noun

panettone (countable and uncountable, plural panettones or panettoni)

1. A soft Italian sourdough brioche from Milan, with candied fruit, usually prepared for Christmas as a dessert.
   • 1989, The Atlantic, volume 263, page 52:

     I have long admired panettone, the ultimate raisin bread, the ideal toast and French toast, a great base for poached fruit, and a substitute for bread in bread pudding which redefines the dish. Panettone looks like the back of an Italian Renaissance cathedral […]

   • 2005, Anthony Parkinson, Italian Desserts, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 39:

     In this tasty holiday recipe, traditional panettone is stuffed with a creamy filling. This is a traditional Christmas bread recipe from Milano which can now not only be found across Italy, but worldwide.

Related terms

• pandoro

Translations

Christmas brioche with candied fruit

Arabic: بَانِيتُّونِ‎ m (bānīttūni) Chinese: Cantonese: 意式聖誕包 (ji3 sik1 sing3 daan3 baau1) Mandarin: 意大利麵包／意大利面包 (Yìdàlì miànbāo), 託尼甜麵包／托尼甜面包 (Tuōní tiánmiànbāo) Wu: 巴乃到乃 (pa1 ne3 tau2 ne3) Esperanto: panetono Estonian: pärmileib, panettone (et) French: panettone (fr) m German: Panettone (de) m Greek: πανετόνε (el) n (panetóne) Hebrew: פָנֶטוֹנֶה‎ m (panetóne) Italian: panettone (it) m Japanese: パネットーネ (panettōne) Korean: 파네토네 (panetone) Lombard: (classical orthography) panaton m, panatton m, panetton m, (modern orthography) panetun m Neapolitan: panettone m Portuguese: panetone (pt) m, panettone (pt) m Russian: панетто́не m (panettóne), панетто́н m (panettón) Spanish: panetone m, panettone m, (Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela) panetón m, (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay) pan dulce (es) m Swedish: panettone c Ukrainian: пането́не m (panetóne), пането́н m (panetón) Venetian: panetón m, paneton m

Further reading

• panettone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pentatone, pentonate

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.nɛ.tɔn/, /pa.ne.tɔn/

• Audio

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Noun

panettone m (plural panettones)

1. panettone

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Italian

Etymology

From Milanese Lombard panaton, an augmentative of pan (“bread”). In sense 2, for its shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.netˈto.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: pa‧net‧tó‧ne

Noun

panettone m (plural panettoni)

1. panettone (Christmas brioche with candied fruit)
2. (informal) bollard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area)

   Synonyms: (formal) paracarro, (formal) dissuasore, dissuasore stradale

Related terms

• pandoro

Further reading

• panettone on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Portuguese

Noun

panettone m (plural panettones)

1. Alternative spelling of panetone