panettone
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A sweet Italian bread with dried fruit traditionally eaten at Christmas
- noun
- /ˌpænəˈtoʊni/
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panettone
- And here you think you are so cultured with your pasta... ... and your panettone and your puffed-up opera.
- Italian panettone
Examples
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She baked a traditional panettone filled with candied orange and lemon peels for the holiday gathering.
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Maybe a little panettone.
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I could bring some food, a little wine, some panettone.
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We were thinking of making an Italian panettone.
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I heard you had a craving for a panettone.
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During the festive season, many families enjoy sharing a delicious panettone at their Christmas dinner.
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Every December, my grandmother makes her famous panettone, which everyone looks forward to having.
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Surface Forms
panettone singular
panettones plural
Etymology
Panettone comes from Italian words: pane meaning 'bread', panetto meaning 'small loaf', and the ending -one meaning 'big'. So a panettone is literally a large loaf of bread, which is why it is the sweet Christmas loaf eaten at the holidays.