PANCAKE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Categories: Cake
Synonyms
Hotcake, Hot cake, Griddlecake, Flapjack, Battercake
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "pancake" comes from Middle English pancake. Many other languages have similar words:
- Saterland Frisian: Ponkouke
- West Frisian: pankoek
- Dutch: pannenkoek
- German Low German: Pannkook
- German: Pfannkuchen
🔗 Related Words
pan – A related word in the same word family.
cake – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Middle English had more flexible word order than Modern English because it retained more inflections.