panification

English

Etymology

From Latin panis (“bread”) + -ficatiō (“-making”, noun-forming suffix). Compare French panification.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpænɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

panification (countable and uncountable, plural panifications)

  1. breadmaking
    • 1860, Andrew Ure, Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines:
      The theory of panification is not difficult of comprehension. “The flour,” says Dr. Ure, “owes this valuable quality to the gluten, which it contains in greater abundance than any of the other cerealia (kinds of corn). […]
    • 1942, International Review of Agriculture, volume 33, number 2:
      Two successive panifications of the same flour do not give identical results.

Translations

French

Etymology

    From panifier +‎ -ation.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pa.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
    • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
    • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

    Noun

    panification f (plural panifications)

    1. panification, breadmaking

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