pancake

CEFRA2

/ˈpæn.keɪk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A thin, flat cake cooked in a pan.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.

Examples

  • Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.

  • What syrup did you drizzle on your pancake?

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpæŋ.keɪk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:

  2. In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.

  3. In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.

More examples

In context

  • Pancake! We're out of vermicelli!

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  • pancake lens

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake. By surface analysis, pan + cake. Perhaps adapted from Middle Low German pankôke, pannekôke, from Old Saxon *pannakōko (suggested by derivatives Old Saxon pannakōkilo and pannakōkilīn), where the compound is much older; compare Old High German phankuohho (8th century), whence Middle High German phankuoche, German Pfannkuchen (“pancake”); further Saterland Frisian Ponkouke, Ponkuuke (“pancake”), West Frisian pankoek (“pancake”), Dutch pannenkoek (“pancake”), German Low German Pannkook (“pancake”). The juggling sense is by analogy with a pancake being tossed in a pan.