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How to pronounce panache in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dash, elan, flair, style
Type of elegance
Type Words
Type of plume

Examples of panache

panache
Coach sold sturdy leather bags that had all the panache of a lawyer's briefcase.
From the businessweek.com
British fiction's prodigal son, Mo still writes with terrific verve and panache.
From the independent.co.uk
What other rooms have lost in area and panache, however, the kitchen has gained.
From the nytimes.com
An excellent suggestion, but longbows and quarterstaves would have more panache.
From the newscientist.com
Gates does not have the bluster or panache of his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld.
From the newsweek.com
It's a surreal idea for a novel but surprisingly Ahern pulls it off with panache.
From the express.co.uk
Mr. Damon plays the part in a glaring toupee, but with immense verve and panache.
From the online.wsj.com
That leaves Ian Short to fill the rest of the parts, and he does so with panache.
From the dispatch.com
He did it with a panache that was distasteful at times and visionary at others.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Dash: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
  • A feathered plume on a helmet
  • Panache is a word of French origin that carries the connotation of a flamboyant manner and reckless courage.
  • Shandy, or shandygaff, is beer flavoured with carbonated lemonade, ginger beer, ginger ale or citrus-flavored soda. The proportions of the two ingredients are adjusted to taste, normally half-and-half.
  • An ornamental plume on a helmet; Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve
  • This was the name of feather endowed crests on the tops of helmets during the renaissance. They could be very bright and extravagent.
  • Felt after a whack with a wok. - Joseph Leff
  • Two or more kinds of one item in a dish, mixing colors
  • Flamboyance, verve, daring, style as displayed in road racing. See: Lance Armstrong in 2001 Tour de France.