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say it: PAN-ee-ur
pannier is a noun meaning "either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)". It is pronounced /ˈpæniɚ/ — PAN-ee-ur. It carries 3 recorded senses.
either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person
set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pannier come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.