panache
French, noun
panache is spelled P-A-N-A-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Panache is a French masculine noun meaning “panache” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, panaché is a different word: “shandy (mix of beer and lemonade)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblage, faisceau de plumes flottantes qui sert d’ornement”.
What does panache mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepanache
- 2
Canadamasculinethe bulk of antlers of deer and moose
- 3
masculinecolumn or plume of smoke (cloud of smoke)
noun
- 1
masculineshandy (mix of beer and lemonade)
- 2
masculinemixture
adjective
- 1
mixed, variegated
verb
- 1
past participle of panacher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assemblage, faisceau de plumes flottantes qui sert d’ornement. 2. Assemblage d’objets ressemblant à un panache. 3. Attitude morale analogue, d’un goût pour tout ce qui a un caractère de grandeur, un air d’héroïsme. 4. Colonne de fumée qui émet d’un volcan, un feu etc.
adjective: 1. Orné d’un panache. 2. Qui mélange les couleurs, les arômes, les composants. 3. Se dit improprement d'une plante atteinte du phénomène de variégation.
noun: 1. Mélange de bière et de limonade. 2. Mélange.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of panache
- panaches plural
- panachés plural
- panachée feminine
- panachées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to panache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is panache in French?
panache appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).