pavilion

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Etymology

From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin.

Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.

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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

Related terms

• papillon

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)
• Khmer: សាលាសំណាក់ (km)
• Portuguese: pavilhão m
• Russian: павильон (ru) (pavil'ón) m

structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc

• Arabic: جناح (ar) m
• Czech: pavilon (cs) 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

• Arabic: صيوان الأذن (ar) (ṣiwaan al-oðun) m
• French: pavillon (fr) m

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Translations to be checked

• 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)