penne

Borrowed from Italian penne, plural of penna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛneɪ/

penne (uncountable)

1. A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.

• IPA^(key): /pɛnə/, [ˈpʰɛnə]

penne c

1. indefinite plural of pen

< Italian penne

• IPA^(key): /ˈpenːe/, [ˈpe̞nːe̞]
• Rhymes: -enːe
• Hyphenation^(key): pen‧ne

penne

1. penne (pasta)

Inherited from Old French penne f, from Latin pinna f, penna f, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”).

Doublet of panne. See also pinacle–panache.

• IPA^(key): /pɛn/

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• Homophones: peine, peinent, pêne, pennes

penne f (plural pennes)

1. large feather
2. penne (pasta)

• “penne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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penne

1. inflection of pennen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpen.ne/
• Rhymes: -enne
• Hyphenation: pén‧ne

penne f pl

1. plural of penna

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman penne f, from Old French penne f, from Latin penna f, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥. Compare feþer.

• pen

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn(ə)/

penne (plural pennes)

2. A pen or other implement for writing.
3. (figuratively) A writer's aptitude or distinguishing features.
4. A quill; the rachis (stem) of a feather.
5. A wing (projection enabling flight) (usually used in the plural)
6. A feather or piece of plumage.
7. (rare) A hollow channel.

• penne knyfe
• penner

• English: pen
• Scots: pen

• “penne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

From Old English penn, from Proto-Germanic *pennō.

penne

2. Alternative form of pen

Inherited from Latin penna f.

penne oblique singular, f (oblique plural pennes, nominative singular penne, nominative plural pennes)

1. feather
2. quill^[1]
3. (Insular French)

• Middle French: penne f
  • French: penne f
• Anglo-Norman: penne f
  • → Middle English: penne, pen
    • English: pen
    • Scots: pen
• → Welsh: pìn