pennache

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pennacchio.

Noun

pennache f (plural pennaches)

a plume of feathers

Descendants

French: panache
- → English: panache
- → Italian: panache
- → Romanian: panaș

References

Etymology and history of “panache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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