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  pane

  noun

  one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
• pané
  pané

  adjective

  (of food) covered with breadcrumbs; breaded.

pane

¹ American  

[payn] / peɪn /

noun

• panes
  plural

1. one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.

2. a plate of glass for such a division.

3. a panel, as of a wainscot, ceiling, door, etc.

4. a flat section, side, or surface, as one of the sides of a bolthead.

5. Philately. a sheet of stamps or any large portion of one, as a half or a quarter, as issued by the post office.

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pané ² American  

[pa-nay, pa-nay] / pæˈneɪ, paˈneɪ /

adjective

1. (of food) covered with breadcrumbs; breaded.

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pane ¹ British  

/ peɪn /

noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window or door

2. a panel of a window, door, wall, etc

3. a flat section or face, as of a cut diamond

4. philately

   1. any of the rectangular marked divisions of a sheet of stamps made for convenience in selling

   2. a single page in a stamp booklet See also tête-bêche se tenant

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pane ² British  

/ peɪn /

noun

1. a variant of peen

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pané ³ British  

/ pane /

adjective

1. (of fish, meat, etc) dipped or rolled in breadcrumbs before cooking

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• paneless
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• panes
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of pane¹

1250–1300; Middle English pane, pan strip of cloth, section < Middle French pan < Latin pannus cloth; akin to Old English fana flag; see vane

Origin of pané²

From French

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Explanation

A pane is a piece of glass, especially one that fits into a window frame. If you hit your baseball through your neighbors' kitchen window, you'll probably owe them a new pane. Panes are almost always made of glass, although occasionally they're some other translucent material. Stained-glass windows have colorful panes, and older houses with their original details often have windows made of many small glass panes. The original meaning of pane was "piece of a garment," from the Latin pannum, "piece of cloth." Later, a pane became "a panel of wood," and finally "a panel of glass."

Example Sentences

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pane panes

The next time Ortiz saw her husband was through a glass pane at a federal holding center in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

But I also looked in at myself as a mother through the leaded-glass pane of our very lovely living-room windows, and I saw a washed-out woman worn down to the thinnest thread.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Users open up a gray pane that displays their file directory, lines of code and a chatbot window, where they can select their AI model of choice.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

It keeps you talking while winter performs behind the pane.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

I pressed my forehead against the mirror’s cold surface, poised my fingers over it, feeling as if any moment I’d sink through the pane as though it were a pool of quicksilver.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

More than five thousand panes of glass have been replaced, and the once corroding ironwork has been repaired and repainted.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He settled in a spacious room with a stationary bike, TV and a window that had double panes and couldn’t be opened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Indeed, Saar’s multi-level home studio in Laurel Canyon is bursting with dozens of old empty picture frames, discarded window panes, wooden chests, antique chairs and vintage clocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

The sealed panes prevent air from passing through, increasing pressure inside and making walls and roofs more likely to fall when storms strike.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025

All the curtains were drawn at the next-door neighbors’, turning the panes of glass into blind rectangles.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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