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Meaning of "pancake" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PANCAKE

pancake  [ˈpænˌkeɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANCAKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pancake is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pancake in English.

WHAT DOES PANCAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pancake

Pancake

A pancake is a flat cake, often thin, and round, prepared from a starch-based batter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan. In Britain, pancakes are often unleavened, and resemble a crêpe. In America, a raising agent is used. The American pancake is similar to a Scotch pancake or drop scone. They may be served at any time with a variety of toppings or fillings including jam, fruit, syrup, chocolate chips, or meat. In America, they are typically considered to be a breakfast food. In Britain and the Commonwealth, they are associated with Shrove Tuesday, commonly known as Pancake Day, when perishable ingredients had to be used up before the fasting period of Lent began. Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes are probably the earliest and most widespread cereal food eaten in prehistoric societies. The pancake's shape and structure varies worldwide. A crêpe is a thin Breton pancake cooked on one or both sides in a special pan or crepe maker to achieve a lacelike network of fine bubbles.

Definition of pancake in the English dictionary

The first definition of pancake in the dictionary is a thin flat cake made from batter and fried on both sides, often served rolled and filled with a sweet or savoury mixture. Other definition of pancake is a stick or flat cake of compressed make-up. Pancake is also Also called: pancake landing. an aircraft landing made by levelling out a few feet from the ground and then dropping onto it.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PANCAKE

PRESENT

Present
I pancake
you pancake
he/she/it pancakes
we pancake
you pancake
they pancake
Present continuous
I am pancaking
you are pancaking
he/she/it is pancaking
we are pancaking
you are pancaking
they are pancaking
Present perfect
I have pancaked
you have pancaked
he/she/it has pancaked
we have pancaked
you have pancaked
they have pancaked
Present perfect continuous
I have been pancaking
you have been pancaking
he/she/it has been pancaking
we have been pancaking
you have been pancaking
they have been pancaking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pancaked
you pancaked
he/she/it pancaked
we pancaked
you pancaked
they pancaked
Past continuous
I was pancaking
you were pancaking
he/she/it was pancaking
we were pancaking
you were pancaking
they were pancaking
Past perfect
I had pancaked
you had pancaked
he/she/it had pancaked
we had pancaked
you had pancaked
they had pancaked
Past perfect continuous
I had been pancaking
you had been pancaking
he/she/it had been pancaking
we had been pancaking
you had been pancaking
they had been pancaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pancake
you will pancake
he/she/it will pancake
we will pancake
you will pancake
they will pancake
Future continuous
I will be pancaking
you will be pancaking
he/she/it will be pancaking
we will be pancaking
you will be pancaking
they will be pancaking
Future perfect
I will have pancaked
you will have pancaked
he/she/it will have pancaked
we will have pancaked
you will have pancaked
they will have pancaked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pancaking
you will have been pancaking
he/she/it will have been pancaking
we will have been pancaking
you will have been pancaking
they will have been pancaking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pancake
you would pancake
he/she/it would pancake
we would pancake
you would pancake
they would pancake
Conditional continuous
I would be pancaking
you would be pancaking
he/she/it would be pancaking
we would be pancaking
you would be pancaking
they would be pancaking
Conditional perfect
I would have pancake
you would have pancake
he/she/it would have pancake
we would have pancake
you would have pancake
they would have pancake
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pancaking
you would have been pancaking
he/she/it would have been pancaking
we would have been pancaking
you would have been pancaking
they would have been pancaking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pancake
we let´s pancake
you pancake
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pancake
Past participle
pancaked
Present Participle
pancaking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PANCAKE


ashcake
ˈæʃˌkeɪk
beefcake
ˈbiːfˌkeɪk
bridecake
ˈbraɪdˌkeɪk
carcake
ˈkɑːˌkeɪk
cheesecake
ˈtʃiːzˌkeɪk
corncake
ˈkɔːnˌkeɪk
cupcake
ˈkʌpˌkeɪk
fishcake
ˈfɪʃˌkeɪk
friedcake
ˈfraɪdˌkeɪk
fruitcake
ˈfruːtˌkeɪk
griddlecake
ˈɡrɪdəlˌkeɪk
hoecake
ˈhəʊˌkeɪk
johnnycake
ˈdʒɒnɪˌkeɪk
jonnycake
ˈdʒɒnɪˌkeɪk
nocake
ˈnəʊˌkeɪk
oatcake
ˈəʊtˌkeɪk
queencake
ˈkwiːnˌkeɪk
seedcake
ˈsiːdˌkeɪk
shortcake
ˈʃɔːtˌkeɪk
teacake
ˈtiːˌkeɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANCAKE

panbroil
pancake batter
pancake coil
Pancake Day
pancake ice
pancake landing
pancake make-up
pancake roll
pancetta
panchax
Panchayat
Panchen Lama
pancheon
panchromatic
panchromatism
pancosmic
pancosmism
pancratia
pancratian
pancratiast

WORDS THAT END LIKE PANCAKE

angel cake
birthday cake
cake
carrot cake
chocolate cake
Christmas cake
coffee cake
cream cake
devil´s food cake
hotcake
layer cake
marble cake
oil cake
piece of cake
plumcake
pound cake
Scotch pancake
sponge cake
uncake
wedding cake

Synonyms and antonyms of pancake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pancake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PANCAKE

Find out the translation of pancake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pancake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pancake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

薄烤饼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tortita
570 millions of speakers

English

pancake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैनकेक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فَطِيرَةٌ مُحْلَاةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

блин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

panqueca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যানকেক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crêpe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

lempeng
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pfannkuchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パンケーキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팬케이크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pancake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bánh kếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅनकेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yassı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frittella
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

naleśnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

млинець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clătită
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηγανίτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pannekoek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pannkaka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pannekake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pancake

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANCAKE»

The term «pancake» is very widely used and occupies the 18.350 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pancake
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pancake».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANCAKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pancake» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pancake» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pancake

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7 QUOTES WITH «PANCAKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pancake.
1
Julia Child
Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
2
Steven Cojocaru
I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.
3
Warren Farrell
I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationship with someone, it's like they are syrup and I'm a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak.
4
John Leonard
Aspiring to a souffle, he achieves a pancake at which the reader saws without much appetite.
5
Lisa Loeb
There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships.
6
Cory Monteith
I was dirt-poor. I could barely hold down a job. Eventually, though, I started getting small parts on shows like 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'... and lots of really bad sci-fi movies. I was running around the woods in wolf contacts, covered in fake blood made out of pancake syrup, roaring.
7
Alex Shoumatoff
Most of the Amazon basin is as flat as a pancake and laced with extravagantly meandering waterways. One school of thought holds that more than 145 million years ago, when Africa and South America were joined, the Amazon's main stem was connected to the Niger River and actually flowed in the opposite direction, toward the Pacific Ocean.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANCAKE»

Discover the use of pancake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pancake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pancake
Pancake: a quest to bring exciting, enticing, and easy new flavors to the breakfast table through the medium of a classic quick bread. Pancake, delivers over 50 easy to prepare pancake recipes.
James Kaleda, 2007
2
Pancake: A Global History
The book also features a number of historic and modern recipes—tracing the first official pancake recipe to a sixteenth-century Dutch cook—and is accompanied by a rich selection of illustrations.
Ken Albala, 2013
3
If You Give a Pig a Pancake Mini Book and Doll
A boxed set of a popular children's book about an increasingly needy pig, includes a hardcover mini book and an adorable plush pig doll, complete with scarf, tap shoes, and pancake.
Laura Joffe Numeroff, 1999
4
Pancake pie
Despite many difficulties, a farmer named Festus is determined to celebrate his cat's birthday by baking a pancake pie.
Sven Nordqvist, 1985
5
Detective Pancake
"Your eggs are missing from your plate and there is syrup on the wall. If your breakfast is in crisis there is one name you can call. Detective Pancake is on the scene it is a messy sort of crime.
Tracy Searight Dibert, 2010
6
Marsupial Sue Presents the Runaway Pancake
Sue, a kangaroo, and some of her Australian animal friends put on a play called "The Runaway Pancake."
John Lithgow, 2009
7
The Dancing Pancake
With plenty of surprises, milk shakes, fake spiders, and real feelings, readers are sure to flip for the sweet mix of humor and heart in The Dancing Pancake. From the Hardcover edition.
Eileen Spinelli, 2010
8
Given Ground
Short stories explore cultural change and class conflict in contemporary West Virginia.
Ann Pancake, 2001
9
Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace
In Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino, eleven-year-old musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, was supposed to win the most coveted reality show on television, Tween Star.
Nan Marino, 2013
10
Room Forever: The Life, Work, And Letters Of Breece D'j Pancake
Through analysis of the story fragments reproduced in this volume, including "The Conqueror" and "Shouting Victory", Douglass illustrates the recurring themes -- such as fear of failure and the inability to escape disaster -- that Pancake ...
Thomas E. Douglass, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANCAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pancake is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Give Maine flour the pancake or cookie test for a fast score
Give Maine flour the pancake or cookie test for a fast score. Experiment with locally produced flours, and store them in the refrigerator, and the ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
2
Salvation Army hosts pancake fundraiser in Oklahoma City
The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma hosted the Home Energy Aid Pancake Breakfast in partnership with Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co., ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
3
Pancake breakfast to benefit Love INC
A pancake and sausage breakfast will be held from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Sunday. The breakfast will take place in the tent on Walnut Street, ... «SW News Media, Jul 15»
4
Sisters celebrate 25 years of serving up breakfast at Original …
Today, the sisters are celebrating more than two decades in the restaurant business as the owners and operators of the Original Pancake ... «ColaDaily.com, Jul 15»
5
Kimchee adds heat and nutrition to panjeon, a traditional Korean …
My favourite way to use kimchee is the traditional Korean snack, panjeon, a sort of pancake. Lee uses sparkling water to keep the pancake light ... «National Post, Jul 15»
6
Chinese Superhero Pancake Man Is Coming To The United States
Just last week, Pancake Man opened in China, and was off to an incredible start. The superhero parody film helped make history at the ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
7
Chinese superhero parody 'Pancake Man' heads to US, Australia …
The quirky comedy also stars Jean-Claude Van Damme.HONG KONG, July 24 — “Pancake Man” (Jian Bing Man) is set for selected release in ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
8
Pancake Breakfast Round 2
CHEYENNE (KGWN) - The Cheyenne community makes its second round at the Pancake Breakfast at the Depot Plaza Wednesday morning. «KGWN, Jul 15»
9
Chinese Superhero Comedy 'Pancake Man' Gets North American …
Pancake Man (Jian Bing Man), the superhero parody film that opened to an impressive $69.02 million at the Chinese box office last week, is set ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
10
Protest planned at Marcy's Diner cancelled
There are two sides to every pancake. ... A local mom was organizing the "Mama and Baby Pancake Breakfast at Marcy's” in protest this ... «WGME, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pancake [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pancake>. Apr 2024 ».
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