Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pannier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpæn.ɪ.ə/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈpæn.i.ɚ/ (US)
  • /ˈpæn.jɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English panere, panȝere, panyere, from Old French panier, paniere, from Latin pānārium (“a bread basket”), from pānis (“bread”). Doublet of panary.

Meanings

  1. A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.
    • Until 1785 the slates were conveyed from the quarries to the port in panniers on the backs of horses, but in that year Lord Penrhyn built a good road from the quarry to the village of Llandegai (on the Chester and Holyhead road) and also continued it in the opposite direction a further nine miles to Capel Curig; […]. 1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 138:
    • A donkey whose talent for burdens was wondrous, So much that you'd swear he rejoiced in a load, One day had to jog under panniers so ponderous, That — down the poor Donkey fell smack on the road! His owners and drivers stood round in[…] 2016 October 28, Thomas Moore, Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Moore (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series), Delphi Classics, →ISBN, →OCLC:
    • Pannier literally means carrying bags slung over the back of a beast of burden — in other words, saddle bags. Front and rear bicycle touring panniers, after being attached to their carrying racks on the bicycle, become the bicycle tourist's packbags. 1984 July, Backpacker, page 46:
  2. A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
  3. (historical) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.
  4. A breadbasket.
  5. (historical) A piece of basketwork for protecting archers, or, filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting embankments, etc.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
panniers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

saddlebag

Deriveds

pannierwise · pannierlike · pannierway · pannierman · pannierless · panniered · pannier tank

Holonyms

hoop skirt · side hood

Hypernyms

packbag

Hyponyms

kajawah (paired saddlebags)

Relateds

cacolet

Synonyms

corbeil · creelpop/soda or poke/sack/bag >

Translations (34)

fi pyörälaukku (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · cs koš (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · pl rogówka (hoop used to expand a woman's skirt to either side) · hy կողով (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · is hliðarkarfa (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · el κάνιστρο (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · pt alforje (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · it bisaccia (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · is þverbakskarfa (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ru велорюкзак (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ja(large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ota خرار (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · fr sacoche (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ca alforja (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · de Fahrradtasche (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · cs brašna (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · fi kuormakori (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · pl sakwa (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · gd cliabh (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ja パニエ (hoop used to expand a woman's skirt to either side) · fa کواره (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · nb sideveske (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · fi tarakkalaukku (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ary شواري (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · de Packtasche (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · fi vanne (hoop used to expand a woman's skirt to either side) · el καλάθι (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ro crinolină (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · nb sykkelveske (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · es alforja (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ru перемётная су́мка (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · nb sadelveske (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) · ru панье́ (hoop used to expand a woman's skirt to either side) · mk дисаѓи (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal)