pavilion

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Etymology

From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin papilio, papilionem.

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Noun

pavilion (plural pavilions)

1. an ornate tent
2. a light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
3. a structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
4. (cricket) the building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals
5. the lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone
6. the cartiliginous part of the outer ear

Synonyms

• (part of ear): auricle, pinna

Translations

ornate tent

Chinese: Mandarin: 亭子 (cmn) (tíngzi) French: pavillon (fr) m. German: Pavillon (de) m.

Japanese: 仮設テント (ja) (かせつてんと, kasetsu-tento) Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m. Russian: павильон (ru) (pavil'ón) m.

light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place

Arabic: جناح (ar) m. French: pavillon (fr) m. German: Pavillon (de) m. Greek: περίπτερο n. (períptero)

Japanese: 東屋 (ja) (あずまや, azumaya), 亭 (ja) (ちん, chin) Portuguese: pavilhão m. Russian: павильон (ru) (pavil'ón) m.

structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc

Arabic: جناح (ar) m. Dutch: paviljoen (nl) n. French: pavillon (fr) m.

German: Pavillon (de) m. Japanese: パビリオン (ja) (ぱびりおん, pabirion) Portuguese: pavilhão m.

cricket building

French: pavillon (fr) m.

Japanese: ブリリアント (ja) (ぶりりあんと, buririanto)

cartiliginous part of the outer ear

French: pavillon (fr) m.

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Mandarin: 亭子

Korean: 큰 천막 Spanish: pabellón

Verb

pavilion (third-person singular simple present pavilions, present participle pavilioning, simple past and past participle pavilioned)

1. (transitive) to furnish with a pavilion
2. (transitive) to put inside a pavilion
3. (transitive, figuratively) to enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour")

Translations

furnish with a pavilion

put inside a pavilion

Japanese: 収容する (ja) (しゅうようする, shūyō suru)