panettone

English

An Italian panettone.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpænəˈtoʊni/
• IPA^(key): /ˌpanɪˈtəʊnɪ/, /ˌpanɪˈtəʊneɪ/
• 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／意式圣诞包 (ji³ sik¹ sing³ daan³ baau¹)

  Mandarin: 意大利麵包／意大利面包, 意大利面包 (Yìdàlì miànbāo), 託尼甜麵包／托尼甜面包, 托尼甜面包 (Tuōní tiánmiànbāo)

  Wu: 巴乃到乃

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} panetono
• Estonian: pärmileib, panettone (et)
• French: panettone (fr) m
• German: Panettone (de) m
• Greek: πανετόνε n (panetóne)
• Hebrew: פָנֶטוֹנֶה m (panetóne)
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• 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
• Ukrainian: пането́не m (panetóne), пането́н m (panetón)
• Venetian: panetón m, paneton m

Further reading

• panettone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pentonate

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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/, [päneˈt̪ːoːne]
• 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