penne

Borrowed from Italian penne.

penne (uncountable)

1. A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.

• penne rigate

• IPA^(key): /pɛnə/, [ˈpʰɛnə]

penne c

1. indefinite plural of pen

From Old French, from Latin pinna, penna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”). Doublet of panne. See also pinacle–panache.

• IPA^(key): /pɛn/
• Homophones: peine, peinent, pêne, pennes

penne f (plural pennes)

1. large feather
2. penne (pasta)

• “penne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

penne

1. First-person singular present of pennen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of pennen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of pennen.
4. Imperative singular of pennen.

penne f pl

1. plural of penna

From Anglo-Norman penne, from Latin penna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥. Compare feþer.

• pen

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn(ə)/

penne (plural pennes)

1. A pen or other implement for writing.
2. (figuratively) A writer's aptitude or distinguishing features.
3. A quill; the rachis (stem) of a feather.
4. A wing (projection enabling flight) (usually used in the plural)
5. A feather or piece of plumage.
6. (rare) A hollow channel.

• penne knyfe
• penner

• English: pen
• Scots: pen

• “penne (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

From Old English penn, from Proto-Germanic *pennō.

penne

1. Alternative form of pen