Panchine

Panchine is the plural form of the Italian noun panchina, meaning a bench. A panchina is a long seat for several people, typically found in public spaces such as parks, along sidewalks, or in plazas. The term appears commonly in Italian-speaking contexts to describe arrangements of public seating intended for communal use.

In sports parlance, especially football, panchina denotes the substitutes' bench where players and coaching staff wait during a match. The expression in panchina translates to being listed as a substitute rather than a starter.

The word derives from panca (bench) with the diminutive or collective suffix -ina; it is used in everyday Italian vocabulary and is widely understood in the Italian-speaking world. As a proper noun, Panchine is not known as a major geographic or historical name in global reference works.

In other languages, the plural form is sometimes used for metaphorical or translational purposes when discussing urban furniture or seating arrangements. See also the related terms panchina (singular) and panca.