Definition of 'panache'
uncountable noun
If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish, and elegant way.
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panache in American English
noun
1.
a plume of feathers, esp. on a helmet
2.
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panache in American English
(pəˈnæʃ, -ˈnɑːʃ)
noun
1.
The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache
2.
3. Architecture
the surface of a pendentive
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Word origin
[1545–55; var. (after F) of pennache ‹ MF ‹ early It pennachio ‹ LL pinnāculum, dim. of pinna wing; identical in form with pinnāculum pinnacle]Word Frequency
panache in British English
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C16: via French from Old Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum feather, from Latin pinna feather; compare Latin pinnāculum pinnacleExamples of 'panache' in a sentence
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NOUN /pəˈnæʃ/
If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish, and elegant way.
The orchestra played with great panache.
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