How to pronounce panel
American English pronunciation
PAN-ul
- IPA
- /ˈpænəl/
- Syllables
- PAN · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What panel means
Most people know panel in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A small group chosen to judge or talk something over
In a sentence: A panel of three chefs tasted every pie and picked the winner.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word for a piece of cloth, from the Latin pannus, cloth. Long ago it also meant a list of people called to serve together, and the group meaning grew from that.
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