Panini

¹ American  

[pah-nee-nee, pah-nee-nee] / ˈpɑ ni ni, pɑˈni ni /

noun

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

2. Pannini, Giovanni Paolo.

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panini ² American  

[puh-nee-nee] / pəˈni ni /

Sometimes panino

noun

plural

panini, paninis

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

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panini British  

/ pæˈniːnɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of panini

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. )

Example Sentences

Players past and present meanwhile feature in the first Panini darts sticker album launched this year.

From Barron's

Within seconds, he talked to multiple vendors at Frank and Son Collectible Show last month offering the same card: a 2025 Panini Donruss Saquon Barkley Downtown.

From Los Angeles Times

This summer, we rescued a panini press from our apartment building’s free table — one of those liminal spaces where abandoned houseplants and half-burned candles go to live out their second lives.

From Salon

That panini press ended up quietly transforming the way we cooked through a hot, sticky summer, when turning on the oven felt borderline punitive and a perfectly browned stack of sourdough, oozing with provolone, felt like salvation.

From Salon

I challenge you to find your panini press.

From Salon