Standard Lemma guide

pane

noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯n/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈpheɪ̯n]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈpæɪ̯n/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈpæ̝ɪ̯n]
  • Scotland: /ˈpen/
  • Scotland: [ˈpen]
  • India, Wales: /ˈpeːn/
  • India, Wales: [ˈpeːn]
  • rhymes with -eɪn
  • homophone: pain (pane–pain merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: P EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We need doubling glazing as this window pane lets out lots of heat.
  • Perspex panes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: windowpane

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

Examples

  • metal panes on an outhouse
  • An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • way-panes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • wooden panes of an insulation box

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: panel

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Alternative spelling of peen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To fit with panes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

Examples

  • pane of stamps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, superman, window pane, Zen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD

13

noun

Meaning 13

sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pane of glass, window glass

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plate glass, sheet glass

Narrower terms: windowpane, window

14

noun

Meaning 14

a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paneling, panelling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: panel

Narrower terms: wall panel

History

Etymology

From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh2n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: փեղկ (pʻeġk) — a layer in the build-up of a GUI
  • Finnish: ruutu — a layer in the build-up of a GUI
  • Galician: panel — a layer in the build-up of a GUI
  • Māori: pihanga — a layer in the build-up of a GUI
  • Russian: пане́ль (panɛ́lʹ) — a layer in the build-up of a GUI