pancake

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US /ˈpæn.keɪk/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #10977

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1

noun
A thin, flat cake made from batter and cooked in a pan on both sides.

We had pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast.
2

verb
To flatten something suddenly and completely.

The car was pancaked under the collapsed wall.

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1 noun · a thin, flat cake made from... flapjackgriddlecakehotcake

More crepepikelet

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Forms pancakes

Derived forms flapcakepancake-makerpancakelikepancakeypanstick

Related forms blintzokonomiyakiwaffle

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē)bor. Latin patina Late Latin pannabor. Proto-Germanic *pannǭ Proto-West Germanic *pannā Old English panne Middle English panne Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake Middle English panne cake English pancake Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake. By surface analysis, pan + cake. Perhaps adapted from Middle Low German pankôke, pannekôke, from Old Saxon *pannakōko (suggested by derivatives Old Saxon pannakōkilo and pannakōkilīn), where the compound is much older; compare Old High German…

pancake Middle English pankôke gml *pannakōko osx

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# pancake

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈpæn.keɪk
**Frequency rank:** 10977

## Meanings
1. A thin, flat cake made from batter and cooked in a pan on both sides.
2. To flatten something suddenly and completely.

## Examples
- We had pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast.
- The car was pancaked under the collapsed wall.

## Synonyms
- crepe
- flapjack
- hotcake
- pikelet

## Derived Forms
- flapcake
- pancake-maker
- pancakelike
- pancakey
- panstick

## Related Forms
- blintz
- okonomiyaki
- waffle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pancake
- Root: pankôke
- Root: *pannakōko

## Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē)bor. Latin patina Late Latin pannabor. Proto-Germanic *pannǭ Proto-West Germanic *pannā Old English panne Middle English panne Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake Middle English panne cake English pancake Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake. By surface analysis, pan + cake. Perhaps adapted from Middle Low German pankôke, pannekôke, from Old Saxon *pannakōko (suggested by derivatives Old Saxon pannakōkilo and pannakōkilīn), where the compound is much older; compare Old High German…

## AI Etymology
Pancake late Latin pannabor. Proto-Germanic *pannǭ Proto-West Germanic *pannā Old English panne Middle English panne Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake Middle English panne cake English pancake Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake. By surface analysis, pan + cake. Modern senses include a thin, flat cake made from batter and cooked in a pan on both sides and to flatten something suddenly and completely. The wider word family includes derivatives such as flapcake, pancake-maker, pancakelike, pancakey, and panstick and related forms such as blintz, okonomiyaki, and waffle.

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