pannier

WOTD – 5 January 2009    

English

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A mule carrying two panniers.

Etymology

From French panier, from Latin pānārium (“a bread basket”), from pānis (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpæn.ɪ.ə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpæn.i.ɚ/, /ˈpæn.jɚ/

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Noun

pannier (plural panniers)

1. A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.
2. A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
3. (historical, fashion) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.

Synonyms

• (decorative basket): corbeil

Translations

large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal

• Armenian: կողով (hy) (koġov)
• Finnish: kuormakori (fi) (general), pyörälaukku (fi) (bicycles, motorcycles)
• German: Packtasche f, Fahrradtasche f (bicycle, bag)
• Greek: καλάθι (el) (kaláthi) n, κάνιστρο (el) (kánistro) n
• Italian: bisaccia (it) f

• Japanese: 籠 (ja) (かご, kago)
• Romanian: crinolină (ro)
• Russian: перемётная сумка (ru) (peremjótnaja sumka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cliabh (gd) m
• Spanish: alforja (es) f

decorative basket

hoop used to expand a woman's skirt to either side

• Finnish: vanne (fi)

• Japanese: パニエ (ja) (panie)

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: pardóg (ga) f

References

• pannier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913