Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

panisse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: panisse
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a portion of chickpea fries (chips), made from a kind of chickpea polenta chilled, cut into slices, dredged in flour, and fried.

Example Sentences

"Serve the greens alongside a pile of panisses and garnish with a sprinkling of Pecorino Romano and the remaining lemon wedges."
"Another summer is beginning in Marseille. Heat, rocks, panisse. Packs of Vogue cigarettes and bottles of orange wine, all emptied."

Etymology

From French panisse.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: panisse

Inflected Forms

panisses (plural)

Questions

What does panisse mean?: One of a portion of chickpea fries (chips), made from a kind of chickpea polenta chilled, cut into slices, dredged in flour, and fried.
Where does panisse come from?: It is traced to French.

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