panacheとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Unadapted borrowing from French panache, from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinnacle.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, 米国発音) IPA: /pəˈnæʃ/, /pəˈnɑːʃ/
• 韻: -æʃ

名詞

panache (countable and uncountable, plural panaches)

1. (countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.

   Synonyms: hackle, plume, plumage

   • 1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 4, in The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard:

     I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me.

2. (uncountable, figurative) Flamboyance, energetic style or action.

   Synonyms: dash, flamboyance, swagger, verve

   • 1894, Kate Chopin, “At the 'Cadian Ball”, in Bayou Folk:

     One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had.

   • 1988 December 11, Thomas M. Disch, “Lost in Cyberspace”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Cyberpunk caters to the wish-fulfillment requirements of male teen-agers, but this is a job that can be done with varying degrees of panache, and there is currently no more accomplished caterer than William Gibson.

   • 2025 April 24, Ned Temko, “Trump’s ‘quick fix’ approach to diplomacy slow to yield results”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     It was a tantalizing promise, delivered with Donald Trump’s trademark panache: As dealmaker in chief, he would quickly end world conflicts that had defied his predecessors and their nattily dressed legions of career diplomats.

   • 2025 May 24, Raphael Abraham, “In Godard we trust”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 16:

     It takes serious chutzpah for an American to bring a film abour the French New Wave to Cannes but [Richard] Linklater pulls it off with considerable comic panache and affection.

派生語

Further reading

• panache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia