pancake en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpæn.keɪk/
- (US) audio
- /ˈpæŋ.keɪk/
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina? Latin pannabor.? Proto-Germanic *pannǭ Proto-West Germanic *pannā Old English panne Middle English panne Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake Middle English panne cake English pancake Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake. By surface analysis, pan + cake. Perhaps adapted from Middle Low German pankôke, pannekôke, from Old Saxon *pannakōko (suggested by derivatives Old Saxon pannakōkilo and pannakōkilīn), where the compound is much older; compare Old High German phankuohho (8th century), whence Middle High German phankuoche, German Pfannkuchen (“pancake”); further Saterland Frisian Ponkouke, Ponkuuke (“pancake”), West Frisian pankoek (“pancake”), Dutch pannenkoek (“pancake”), German Low German Pannkook (“pancake”). The juggling sense is by analogy with a pancake being tossed in a pan.
Meanings
- (England, countable, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular: ▸ An thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.
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(Australia, Canada, Scotland, US, countable, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular: ▸ A leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
Mrs. America is holding a plate of pancakes in one hand and a fork with a slice of pancake in the other.
2001, Alice A. Deck, ““Now Then—Who Said Biscuits?” The Black Woman Cook as Fetish in American Advertising, 1905–1953”, in Sherrie A. Inness, editor, Kitchen Culture in America: Popular Representations of Food, Gender, and Race, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 88:
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(uncountable) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
And us, me wearing pancake with my eyebrows recently plucked archly, done by Little Amber, the beauty-school student quean, in Bryant Park.
1984 April 14, Freddie Greenfield, “Spoiling the View”, in Gay Community News, page 19:
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(countable) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
have been working on pancake throws with rings for the past few months and I have been trying to make the throws perfectly spun and as consistent as possible.
2004, Beinn Muir <bm260@nospam4me.cam.ac.uk>, “Ring juggling: pancake throws”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):
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(countable) Anything very thin and flat.
Most of the electrons would pass through the hadron pancake with no interaction, but a few would collide […]
2004, William H. Cropper, Great Physicists:pancake lens
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(uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
&hellip in the poorer grades the heel is made of scrap leather and leather board or pulp, finished with a solid leather top lift. The composite material, called pancake, is made by an operative, usually a girl, called a pancake-maker; it is used sometimes for soles as well as heels.
1903, Davis Rich Dewey, Twelfth Census of the United States: Special report: Employees and Wages, page 1200:
- (countable, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- (countable) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
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(US, countable, dated, slang) An attractive young woman.
Damon Runyon, The Brakeman's Daughter 'To tell the truth,' The Humming Bird says, 'I neglect these details, because,' he says, 'I am already dated up to go out with Big False Face to-night to call on a doll who is daffy to meet me. Otherwise,' he says, 'I will undoubtedly make arrangements to see more of this pancake I just save from rack and ruin.'
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pancakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pan cake | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
flat as a pancake · pancake syrup · Scotch pancake · German pancake · pancake number · pancake engine · pancake-maker · pancake ice · panstick · pancake lens · pancake landing · pancakelike · ice pancake · pancake syndrome · French pancake · Pancake Day · pancake tortoise · potato pancake · pancake turner · pancake bond · pancake theorem · pancakey · flapcake · American pancake · pancake slug · sea pancake · scallion pancake · pancake sorting
Descendants
панкейк · epankeik · pankek · panqueca · pankek · pancake · pancake · panqueca · pankeyk · panqueque · panqueque · بانكيك · នំផេនខេក · แพนเค้ก · pankeyk · パンケーキ · 팬케이크 · pancóg · 班戟 · Pancake · pancake · pan̄kéèkì
Hyponyms
pikelet (thin fried batter cake)
Synonyms
flitter (thin leavened batter cake) · batter cake (thin leavened batter cake) · flapjack (thin leavened batter cake) · battercake (thin leavened batter cake) · hot cake (thin leavened batter cake) · American pancake (thin leavened batter cake) · crepe (thin unleavened batter cake) · flitter cake (thin leavened batter cake) · hotcake (thin leavened batter cake) · batty cake (thin leavened batter cake) · griddle cake (thin leavened batter cake) · griddlecake (thin leavened batter cake) · crêpe (thin unleavened batter cake) · fritter (thin leavened batter cake)
Translations (186)
csb plińc (thin batter cake) · lkt aǧúyapi-zizípela (thin batter cake) · bg палачи́нка (thin batter cake) · hsb blinc (thin batter cake) · fi ohukainen (thin batter cake) · hi पैनकेक (thin batter cake) · yue 班戟 (thin batter cake) · de Pancake (American batter cake) · is pönnukaka (thin batter cake) · lt blynas (thin batter cake) · ru ола́дья (thin batter cake) · ja ブリヌイ (thin batter cake) · az blinçik (thin batter cake) · sq petull (thin batter cake) · ml എത്രനാള് (thin batter cake) · de Eierkuchen (thin batter cake) · gd foileag (American batter cake) · sh palačínka (thin batter cake) · hsb plins (thin batter cake) · my ပူရီ (thin batter cake) · gmw-ecg Fannkuchen (thin batter cake) · nv abeʼ bee neezmasí (American batter cake) · es panqueque (thin batter cake) · cu млинъ (thin batter cake) · tt коймак (thin batter cake) · acw بانكيك (thin batter cake) · fo pannukøka (thin batter cake) · sv plätt (thin batter cake) · gd breacag (thin batter cake) · uz krep (thin batter cake) · tl pankeyk (thin batter cake) · nds Pannkauken (thin batter cake) · la laganum (thin batter cake) · mi takakau (thin batter cake) · lb Panech (thin batter cake) · da pandekage (thin batter cake) · el τηγανίτα (thin batter cake) · ko 팬케이크 (thin batter cake) · vi bánh kếp (thin batter cake) · de Plinse (thin batter cake) · crh şırlama (thin batter cake) · id panekuk (thin batter cake) · ky куймак (thin batter cake) · io krespo (thin batter cake) · fr pancake (thin batter cake) · fi pannukakku (thin batter cake) · sv amerikansk pannkaka (American batter cake) · mn бин (thin batter cake) · kn ಪ್ಯಾನ್ಕೇಕ್ (thin batter cake) · af pannekoek (thin batter cake) · pt panqueca (thin batter cake) · be млін (thin batter cake) · tg қуймоқ (thin batter cake) · nds Pannekauken (thin batter cake) · es hot cake (thin batter cake) · arz معمول (thin batter cake) · vi bánh nướng chảo (thin batter cake) · sv pannkaka (thin batter cake) · sh палачи́нка (thin batter cake) · hsb plinc (thin batter cake) · cmn 烤餅 /烤饼 (thin batter cake) · ka ბლინი (thin batter cake) · fa-ira پَنکِیْک (thin batter cake) · de Plins (thin batter cake) · dsb pampug (thin batter cake) · ja プリンゼン (thin batter cake) · km នំផេនខេក (thin batter cake) · te దోశ (thin batter cake) · eu opil txiki (thin batter cake) · nds Pannkook (thin batter cake) · vls pallulle (thin batter cake) · mn ᠪᠢᠩ (thin batter cake) · et pannkook (thin batter cake) · gl freixó (thin batter cake) · cmn 薄烤餅 /薄烤饼 (thin batter cake) · de Pfannkuchen (thin batter cake) · be налі́снік (thin batter cake) · tr krep (thin batter cake) · ru нали́стник (thin batter cake) · be бліне́ц (thin batter cake) · na epankeik (thin batter cake) · he חֲבִיתִית (thin batter cake) · hy յուղաբլիթ (thin batter cake) · ba ҡоймаҡ (thin batter cake) · lb Paangech (thin batter cake) · nl pannenkoek (thin batter cake) · mk палачи́нка (thin batter cake) · hu palacsinta (thin batter cake) · az pankek (thin batter cake) · mi parai (thin batter cake) · ast frixuelu (thin batter cake) · ca crep (thin batter cake) · la lucunculus (thin batter cake) · mn ᠱᠠᠷᠪᠢᠩ (thin batter cake) · gd crampag (thin batter cake) · grc λάγανον (thin batter cake) · hu amerikai palacsinta (American batter cake) · sk palacinka (thin batter cake) · tt белен (thin batter cake) · ms pankek (thin batter cake) · id kue dadar (thin batter cake) · lv pankūka (thin batter cake) · ca crep americana (American batter cake) · nds Pannkoken (thin batter cake) · he חֲמִיטָה (thin batter cake) · ar فَطِيرَة (thin batter cake) · th แพนเค้ก (thin batter cake) · uk панке́йк (thin batter cake) · bn প্যানকেক (thin batter cake) · tg чалпак (thin batter cake) · fi lätty (thin batter cake) · ru панке́йк (thin batter cake) · pt pancake (kind of makeup) · mi panikeke (thin batter cake) · gv pannag (thin batter cake) · fa-ira پَنْکِیْک (thin batter cake) · my ညာတရံ (thin batter cake) · mn шарвин (thin batter cake) · mr पॅनकेक (thin batter cake) · gl pandelo (thin batter cake) · ro clătită (thin batter cake) · de Fannkuchn (thin batter cake) · ru бли́нчик (thin batter cake) · oc pescajon (thin batter cake) · ur پَینْکیک (thin batter cake) · cmn 鬆餅 /松饼 (thin batter cake) · udm мильым (thin batter cake) · sco pan scone (thin batter cake) · lo ແພນເຄັກ (thin batter cake) · sl palačinka (thin batter cake) · ja ホットケーキ (American batter cake) · kw krampothen (thin batter cake) · es pancake (thin batter cake) · fr crêpe (thin batter cake) · ce гваймакх (thin batter cake) · ur پَین کیک (thin batter cake) · gv lurrag (thin batter cake) · cy crempog (thin batter cake) · fi lettu (thin batter cake) · yi בלינצע (thin batter cake) · de Palatschinken (thin batter cake) · gl filloa (thin batter cake) · my အာပုံ (thin batter cake) · ems haatkiik (American batter cake) · uk нали́сник (thin batter cake) · it crespolino (thin batter cake) · es hojuela (thin batter cake) · dsb pampužk (thin batter cake) · es panqueca (thin batter cake) · cmn 薄煎餅 /薄煎饼 (thin batter cake) · orv блинъ (thin batter cake) · ta தோசை (thin batter cake) · ru блин (thin batter cake) · fi räiskäle (thin batter cake) · kk құймақ (thin batter cake) · nb pannekake (thin batter cake) · ko 블린 (thin batter cake) · be блін (thin batter cake) · gd caraiceag (thin batter cake) · nog куймак (thin batter cake) · ga pancóg (thin batter cake) · es tortita (thin batter cake) · my ပန်ကိတ် (thin batter cake) · ja パンケーキ (thin batter cake) · af plaatkoekie (American batter cake) · ko 블리니 (thin batter cake) · de Flins (thin batter cake) · mi parāoa koroua (thin batter cake) · pl naleśnik (thin batter cake) · fa-ira کِرِپ (thin batter cake) · kl pannakaaq (thin batter cake) · it frittella (thin batter cake) · uk ола́док (thin batter cake) · cs palačinka (thin batter cake) · el τηγανόψωμο (thin batter cake) · orv млинъ (thin batter cake) · it crespella (thin batter cake) · eo patkuko (thin batter cake) · kl panikaaq (thin batter cake) · nb svele (American batter cake) · be ала́дка (thin batter cake) · uk млине́ць (thin batter cake) · he פַּנְקֵיק (thin batter cake) · de Blinse (thin batter cake) · nn pannekake (thin batter cake) · uz blin (thin batter cake)