panification

English

Etymology

From Latin panis (“bread”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). Compare French panification.

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.

French

Etymology

From panifier +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

panification f (plural panifications)

1. panification, breadmaking

Further reading

• “panification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.