pavilion

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈvɪljən/

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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. A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
6. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
7. (anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
8. (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
9. (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
10. (heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
11. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
    • Shelley

      The pavilion of heaven is bare.

Synonyms

• (part of ear): auricle, pinna

Related terms

• papillon

Translations

ornate tent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亭子 (zh) (tíngzi)

• Dutch: paviljoen (nl) m
• Finnish: paviljonkiteltta
• French: pavillon (fr) m
• German: Pavillon (de) m
• Ido: paviliono (io)
• Irish: pailliún m
• Japanese: 仮設テント (かせつてんと, kasetsu-tento)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paviljong m

  Nynorsk: paviljong m

• Persian: پاویون‏‎ (fa) (pâviyon)
• Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m
• Russian: павильо́н (ru) m (pavilʹón)
• Scottish Gaelic: pùball m
• Spanish: pabellón (es) m
• Tagalog: bahay-tolda

light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place

• Arabic: جناح‏‎ m
• Dutch: paviljoen (nl) m
• Finnish: paviljonki (fi)
• French: pavillon (fr) m
• German: Pavillon (de) m
• Greek: περίπτερο (el) n (períptero)
• Hungarian: pavilon (hu)
• Ido: paviliono (io)
• Irish: pailliún m

• Japanese: 東屋 (あずまや, azumaya), 亭 (ja) (ちん, chin)
• Khmer: សាលាសំណាក់ (saalaa sɑmnak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paviljong m

  Nynorsk: paviljong m

• Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m
• Russian: павильо́н (ru) m (pavilʹón)
• Spanish: pavillón

structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc

• Arabic: جناح‏‎ m
• Czech: pavilon m
• Dutch: paviljoen (nl) n
• Finnish: paviljonki (fi)
• French: pavillon (fr) m
• German: Pavillon (de) m
• Hungarian: pavilon (hu)
• Ido: paviliono (io)

• Irish: puball m
• Japanese: パビリオン (ぱびりおん, pabirion)
• Macedonian: павилјон m (paviljon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paviljong m

  Nynorsk: paviljong m

• Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m
• Spanish: pabellón (es) m

cricket building

• Finnish: paviljonki (fi)
• French: pavillon (fr) m

• Irish: pailliún m
• Japanese: ブリリアント (ぶりりあんと, buririanto)

detached / semi-detached building in a building complex

• Finnish: siipi (fi)
• Irish: pailliún m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paviljong m

  Nynorsk: paviljong m

lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone

• Finnish: alaosa (fi)

cartiliginous part of the outer ear — see pinna

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 큰 천막 (keun cheonmak)

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 亭子

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 (しゅうようする, shūyō suru)