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.
   1. A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
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

• Burmese: မဏ္ဍပ် (my) (mandap)
• Catalan: pavelló m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亭子 (zh) (tíngzi)

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

  Bokmål: paviljong m

  Nynorsk: paviljong m

• Persian: پرده‌سرای (parde-sarây), پاویون (fa) (pâviyon)
• Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m
• Russian: павильо́н (ru) m (pavilʹón)
• Scottish Gaelic: pùball m
• Spanish: pabellón (es) m
• Tagalog: bahay-tolda
• Vietnamese: lều (vi), bạt (vi), nhà bạt (vi)

light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place

• Arabic: جناح m
• Burmese: မဏ္ဍပ် (my) (mandap)
• Dutch: paviljoen (nl) m
• Esperanto: pavilono
• Finnish: paviljonki (fi)
• French: pavillon (fr) m
• German: Pavillon (de) m
• Greek: περίπτερο (el) n (períptero)
• Hungarian: pavilon (hu)
• Ido: paviliono (io)
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• Irish: pailliún m
• Italian: padiglione (it) 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
• Thai: ศาลา (th) (sǎa-laa)

structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc

• Arabic: جناح m
• Burmese: မဏ္ဍပ် (my) (mandap)
• Catalan: pavelló m
• Czech: pavilon m
• Dutch: paviljoen (nl) n
• Esperanto: pavilono
• Finnish: paviljonki (fi)
• French: pavillon (fr) m
• German: Pavillon (de) m
• Hungarian: pavilon (hu)
• Ido: paviliono (io)
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• 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

• Polish: pawilon (pl) m
• Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m
• Spanish: pabellón (es) m
• Turkish: pavyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: rạp (vi)

cricket building

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

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lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone

• Finnish: alaosa (fi)
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cartiliginous part of the outer ear — see pinna

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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 큰 천막 (keun cheonmak)
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• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 亭子 (zh) (tíngzi)

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

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put inside a pavilion

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