panacher
French, verb\pa.na.ʃe\
panacher is spelled P-A-N-A-C-H-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Panacher is a French verb meaning “to add a panache” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Orner d’un panache”.
What does panacher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to add a panache
Des gardes casqués et panachés comme pour une opérette.
- 2
to mix colours (as in a panache)
Il faut panacher les fleurs pour obtenir un plus joli bouquet.
- 3
to mix
Panacher une liste électorale.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Orner d’un panache. 2. Bigarrer de couleurs diverses un fond uni. 3. Se rayer ou se bigarrer de couleurs diverses, en parlant de certaines fleurs ou de certains fruits. 4. Mélanger des aliments semblables de couleurs différentes.
noun: 1. Celui qui prépare, qui vend des plumes et des aigrettes.
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 panacher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- panachant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- panaché participle past
- panache first-person indicative present
- panaches indicative present second-person
- panachons first-person indicative plural
- panachez indicative plural present
- panachent indicative plural present
- panachais first-person imperfect indicative
- panachait imperfect indicative singular
- panachions first-person imperfect indicative
- panachiez imperfect indicative plural
- panachaient imperfect indicative plural
- panachai first-person historic indicative
- panachas historic indicative past
- panacha historic indicative past
- panachâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce panacher?
- \pa.na.ʃe\
- [pa.na.ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is panacher in French?
panacher appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).