panel

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈpænəl/ UK /ˈpænəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #5899

Meanings

1

noun
A group of people who discuss, judge, or answer questions in public.

Today's panel includes three leading scientists.
2

noun
A flat, usually rectangular, section of a wall, door, or other surface.

One wooden panel of the old door had cracked.
3

noun
A flat surface with switches and controls for operating a machine.

The pilot checked the instrument panel before takeoff.
4

verb
To cover a wall or surface with flat sections, usually of wood.

They paneled the study with dark oak.

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Synonyms

3 noun · a flat surface with... board

Word family

Forms panelledpanellingpanels

Derived forms immunopanelmanelmegapanelmultipanelpanelboardpaneledpanelingpanelistpanelizepanellationpanelledpanelless

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panel discussion
a discussion in which several invited speakers address a topic before an audience

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.

panel Middle English *pannellus la-vul pannus Latin *peh₂n- Proto-Indo-European

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# panel

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈpænəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpænəl/
**Frequency rank:** 5899

## Meanings
1. A group of people who discuss, judge, or answer questions in public.
2. A flat, usually rectangular, section of a wall, door, or other surface.
3. A flat surface with switches and controls for operating a machine.
4. To cover a wall or surface with flat sections, usually of wood.

## Examples
- Today's panel includes three leading scientists.
- One wooden panel of the old door had cracked.
- The pilot checked the instrument panel before takeoff.
- They paneled the study with dark oak.

## Derived Forms
- immunopanel
- manel
- megapanel
- multipanel
- panelboard
- paneled
- paneling
- panelist
- panelize
- panellation
- panelled
- panelless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: panel
- Root: *pannellus
- Root: pannus
- Root: *peh₂n-

## Etymology
From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.

## AI Etymology
Panel comes from Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane. Modern senses include a group of people who discuss, judge, or answer questions in public and a flat, usually rectangular, section of a wall, door, or other surface. The wider word family includes derivatives such as immunopanel, manel, megapanel, multipanel, panelboard, and paneled.

## Topics
- People & Society

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