panifier

Senses

1. 1.

   to make bread, to bake (bread)

   to convert dough into bread through baking

2. 2.

   to panify (technical term)

   to subject (cereals or grain) to the bread-making process

Examples

• "Le boulanger panifie son pâte chaque matin."

  The baker makes bread from his dough every morning.

• "Les blés modernes se panifient plus facilement."

  Modern wheats panify more easily.

• "On panifie le blé depuis des millénaires."

  Bread has been made from wheat for thousands of years.

Usage

Formal or technical verb, used in baking and cereal science contexts. Less common in everyday speech than "faire du pain" (to make bread). First-group regular verb (-ier ending).