panache

C2+ Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /pəˈnɑʃ/ UK /pəˈnæʃ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
flamboyant confidence of style or manner

She delivered the closing speech with remarkable panache.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · flamboyant confidence of... flair verve dash style élanflamboyanceswagger

Opposites

dullness drabness stiffness

Etymology

From French panache 'plume, tuft of feathers', from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnaculum 'small wing, peak', diminutive of Latin pinna 'feather, wing'. The figurative sense of flamboyant manner arose from the conspicuous plume worn on a helmet.

panache French pinnaculum Latin pinna Latin

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Clothing & Appearance

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# panache

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pəˈnɑʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈnæʃ/

## Meanings
1. flamboyant confidence of style or manner

## Examples
- She delivered the closing speech with remarkable panache.

## Synonyms
- flair
- verve
- dash
- style
- élan
- flamboyance
- swagger

## Antonyms
- dullness
- drabness
- stiffness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: panache
- Root: pinnaculum
- Root: pinna

## Etymology
From French panache 'plume, tuft of feathers', from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnaculum 'small wing, peak', diminutive of Latin pinna 'feather, wing'. The figurative sense of flamboyant manner arose from the conspicuous plume worn on a helmet.

## AI Etymology
Panache is from French panache 'plume, tuft of feathers', from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnaculum 'small wing, peak', diminutive of Latin pinna 'feather, wing'. The figurative sense of flamboyant manner arose from the conspicuous plume worn on a helmet. Important recorded forms include panache (French), pinnaculum (Latin), and pinna (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers flamboyant confidence of style or manner.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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