panini

¹

Sometimes pa·ni·no

[puh-nee-nee]

noun

plural

panini, paninis 

1. a usually pressed and grilled sandwich of Italian bread filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, etc.

Panini

²

[pah-nee-nee, pah-nee-nee]

noun

1. flourished c400 b.c., Indian grammarian of Sanskrit.

2. Pannini, Giovanni Paolo.

panini

/ pæˈniːnɪ /

noun

1. a type of Italian bread, usually served grilled with a variety of fillings

Word History and Origins

Origin of panini¹

First recorded in 1955–60; from Italian panini, plural of panino “a roll, sandwich,” diminutive of pane “bread,” from Latin pān- (stem of pānis ) “bread” + -ini, plural of diminutive suffix -ino, from Latin -īnus adjective suffix meaning “of or pertaining to, made of”; -ine ¹ ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of panini¹

C20: from Italian, pl of panino a bread roll

Example Sentences

Through the truck’s windows, a panini shop and a microblading clinic roll by.

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That already shatters the current record price garnered by a basketball card — the $5.9 million paid for the 2009-10 Panini National Treasures Stephen Curry Logoman Autograph card in a 2021 private estate sale.

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Sitting there, square and silver, a little like an early-2000s desktop computer left to dream of glory, was a panini press.

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Still, the panini press seemed urgent enough that he couldn’t risk leaving it downstairs even a moment longer.

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Every week or so now, we have what I’ve started calling a panini party, though really it just means we’re in the mood for something hot pressed between bread.

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