paun

See also: pãun and păun

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French paon.

Noun

paun m (plural pauned)

1. peacock

Inflection

  Mutation of paun  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	paun	baun	faun	unchanged
plural	pauned	bauned	fauned	unchanged

Indonesian

Noun

paun

1. pound sterling, The currency of the United Kingdom.

Middle English

Noun

paun

1. Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• pàn (Sutsilvan)
• pang (Surmiran)
• pan (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

paun m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) bread

Noun

paun m (plural pauns)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) loaf of bread

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pavone, from Latin pāvō, pāvōnem. Cf. also Romanian păun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâuːn/
• Hyphenation: pa‧un

Noun

pȁūn m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ӯн)

1. peacock

Declension

Declension of paun

	singular	plural
nominative	paun	pauni
genitive	pauna	pauna
dative	paunu	paunima
accusative	pauna	paune
vocative	paune	pauni
locative	paunu	paunima
instrumental	paunom	paunima

Derived terms

• indijski paun
• zeleni paun

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pão.

Noun

paun

1. bread

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Welsh

Paun

Etymology

From Latin pāvōnem.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /paɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pai̯n/

Noun

paun f (plural peunod)

1. peacock

Derived terms

• cyn falched â phaun (“as proud as a peacock”)
• mantell paun (“peacock (butterfly), Inachis io”)
• mor falch â phaun (“as proud as a peacock”)
• peunaidd (“peacock-like”)
• peunes (“peahen”)
• peunog (“peacock (butterfly)”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
paun	baun	mhaun	phaun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “paun”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies