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pane

1 American  
[peyn] / peɪn /

noun

  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.

pané 2 American  
[pa-ney, pa-ney] / pæˈneɪ, paˈneɪ /

adjective

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

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

  • paneless adjective

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; vane

Origin of pané2

From French

Example Sentences

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Cordoning off their share of terrace was a pane of pebbled glass, through which Kertész could make out the forms of vacationing neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

That heat was enough to shatter a single pane window, creating the perfect opportunity for embers to enter and burn the house from the inside out.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

She was alluding to a speech by Kast, 59, in the coastal resort of Vina del Mar last week, at which he was shielded behind a pane of bullet-proof glass.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

BBC Scotland News has seen one photo from inside the school which appears to show a pane of glass missing from a fire door.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Tally retraced her steps to the exact window they’d jimmied, a dirty, forgotten pane of glass concealed behind decorative bushes, and found that it was still unlocked.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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