pane
English
Etymology
From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus. Doublet of pagne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɪn/, enPR: pʰān
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪn
- Homophone: pain
Noun
pane (plural panes)
- An individual sheet of glass in a window.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A layer in the build-up of a GUI.
- Alternative spelling of peen
- A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
- A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
- One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
- (architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
- An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.
- A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
- One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
- One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pane in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- dual-pane
- pane of glass
Translations
Verb
pane (third-person singular simple present panes, present participle paning, simple past and past participle paned)
- (transitive) To fit with panes.
- 1985, Edward M. Baras, The Symphony Book (page 91)
- For example, by paning the glass horizontally (putting a single horizontal slat through the middle of the window), it almost looks as if you installed two windows.
- 1985, Edward M. Baras, The Symphony Book (page 91)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑne
Verb
pane
French
Interlingue
Italian
Etymology
From Latin pānem, the accusative of pānis, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.ne/, [ˈpäːn̺e̞]
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pà‧ne
Related terms
Latin
References
- pane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French pan, from Latin pannus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpan(ə)/
Noun
pane (plural panes)
- A piece of high-quality textiles or animal hides, especially as part of a garment:
- A garment or item of clothing; especially one made of fabric or fur.
- A sheet or blanket made of fabric or fur.
- A decorative part of a fabric item.
- An edge or portion of a structure or plot.
- (rare) A piece of glass fitted in a window.
- (rare) A portion, section, or component of something.
- (rare) A buckler.
Related terms
References
- “panne (n.(1).)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-03.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English panne.