different between paltry vs pantry

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) paultry, paultrie, palterey

Etymology

From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Cognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?p?lt?i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?lt?i/, /?p??lt?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?lt?i/, /?p?lt?i/

Adjective

paltry (comparative paltrier, superlative paltriest)

1. Trashy, trivial, of little value.

   Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, petty, trivial
2. Of little monetary worth.

   Synonyms: meager, worthless, pitiful, trifling
3. Despicable

   A paltry coward.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "paltry" is often applied: sum, rate, amount, number, price, salary, wages, fellow, pay, excuse, income, gain, compensation.

Derived terms

• paltriness

Translations

Anagrams

• partly, raptly

English

Etymology

From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?n?-tri, IPA^(key): /?pænt?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pant?i/, [?pan(?)??i]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pænt?i/
  • (without /æ/-tensing) [?pæn(?)??i]
  • (with /æ/-tensing) [?pe?nt(?)??i]

Noun

pantry (plural pantries)

1. A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

   Coordinate terms: larder, root cellar

Synonyms

• (room): walk-in pantry, walk-in, larder, press (Irish & Scots)
• (closet): cupboard (UK), kitchen closet, larder, press (Irish & Scots)
• (cabinet): cupboard, kitchen cabinet

Related terms

• (servant overseeing a pantry): pantler, panter
• pan

Translations

See also

• Food storage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• trypan