panino

P3A1N1I1N1O1

noun

A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounpanino (plural panini)

plural panini

  1. A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.

    There’s a communal slate table where patrons can sit and drink shade-grown coffee or eat a panino stuffed with Julia Hermosa’s locally grown arugula and Sprout Creek Farm cheese.

    2009 June 7, Quick Bite/Bedford Hills, “A Farm Market in a Store”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-der.?
  2. Latinpānem
  3. Italianpane
  4. Italianpanino
  5. Englishpanino

Borrowed from Italian panino.

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APA

panino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panino

MLA

“panino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panino. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panino,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panino.

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