panino

(pə-nē'nō)
n., pl., pa·ni·ni (-nē).
An Italian sandwich made usually with vegetables, cheese, and grilled or cured meat.

[Short for Italian panino (imbottito), stuffed bread, sandwich : panino, diminutive of pane, bread + imbottito, past participle of imbottire, to stuff.]

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pl. panini [pah-NEE-noh; pah-NEE-nee] Italian for "small bread," referring to a sandwich or roll.

See words rhyming with "Panini."