Meanings
nounpanisse (plural panisses)
plural panisses
- One of a portion of chickpea fries (chips), made from a kind of chickpea polenta chilled, cut into slices, dredged in flour, and fried.
Serve the greens alongside a pile of panisses and garnish with a sprinkling of Pecorino Romano and the remaining lemon wedges.
2017, Jenn Louis, Kathleen Squires, The Book of Greens: A Cook's Compendium of 40 Varieties, from Arugula to Watercress, with More Than 175 Recipes, →ISBN, page 1221 more example
Another summer is beginning in Marseille. Heat, rocks, panisse. Packs of Vogue cigarettes and bottles of orange wine, all emptied.
2025 June 14, Robin Van Liebergen, “How not to summer in Marseille”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19
Origin
- Frenchpanisse
- Englishpanisse
From French panisse.
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APA
panisse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panisse
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“panisse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panisse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panisse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panisse.
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