panel

Etymology

From Old French panel, from Latin pannus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpænəl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ænəl

Noun

panel (plural panels)

1. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.; (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

   Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.

2. A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

   Today's panel includes John Smith.

3. An individual frame or drawing in a comic.

   The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.

4. (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)

5. (law, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

6. (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
7. A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
8. (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.

   the panel of a door

9. (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)

10. (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
11. (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
12. (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
13. (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
14. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

Verb

panel (third-person singular simple present panels, present participle panelling or (US) paneling, simple past and past participle panelled or (US) paneled)

1. to fit with panels

See also

• instrument panel, control panel
• panel beater
• panel game
• panel truck
• panel van

Anagrams

• Nepal, Palen, palen, penal, plane, plena

Etymology

Borrowed from English panel, itself borrowed from Old French panel. Doublet of panneau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.nɛl/

Noun

panel m (plural panels)

1. panel (group of people)

Further reading

• “panel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from English panel.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒnɛl]
• Hyphenation: pa‧nel

Noun

panel

1. panel (a large, prefabricated part of a house, such as a wall, roof)
2. panel (a prefabricated part of furniture)
3. panel (instrument panel, such as a dashboard)
4. panel (a group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example)

References

Etymology

Borrowed from English panel.

Noun

panel m (invariable)

1. panel (various groups of people)

Anagrams

• Nepal

Etymology

From Middle Low German panele (“wall covering”), and English panel (other senses)

Noun

panel n (definite singular panelet, indefinite plural panel or paneler, definite plural panela or panelene)

1. a panel (most senses, e.g. a wall panel, a panel of experts)

References

• “panel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Middle Low German panele (“wall covering”), and English panel (other senses)

Noun

panel n (definite singular panelet, indefinite plural panel, definite plural panela)

1. a panel (most senses, e.g. a wall panel, a panel of experts)

References

• “panel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from English panel.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -el

Noun

panel m (plural paneles)

1. panel