English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
pawn + broker
Pronunciation [ edit ]
pawnbroker (plural pawnbrokers )
A person who makes monetary loans at interest , taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed .
1837 , L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon ], “Poverty”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [ … ] , volume III, London: Henry Colburn , [ … ] , →OCLC , page 280 :"We may keep it by us," replied the pawnbroker , "for months; there is no demand for such articles." "But," exclaimed she, eagerly, "I shall soon redeem it!" "So you all say," returned the man, with imperturbable coolness.
Translations [ edit ]
person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
Armenian: գրավառու (hy) ( gravaṙu ) , գրավապահ (hy) ( gravapah ) , լոմբարդի տեր ( lombardi ter )
Belarusian: ліхвя́р m ( lixvjár )
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 當舖 老闆 / 当铺 老板 ( dàngpù lǎobǎn )
Czech: zastavárník (cs) m
Danish: pantelåner c
Dutch: pandjesbaas m , lommerd (nl) m
Esperanto: lombardisto
Estonian: lombard
Finnish: panttilainaamon pitäjä
French: prêteur sur gages (fr) m , prêteuse sur gages f
Georgian: მევახშე ( mevaxše )
German: Pfandleiher (de) m , Pfandleiherin (de) f
Greek: ενεχυροδανειστής (el) m ( enechyrodaneistís )
Hungarian: zálogkölcsönző
Ido: lombardisto
Indonesian: pegadai (id)
Japanese: 質屋 (ja) ( しちや, shichiya )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: pignerātor m
Maori: kaitaupua moni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pantelåner m , onkel (no) m ( colloquial )
Polish: lombardzista (pl) m
Portuguese: penhorista m or f
Romanian: amanetar m
Russian: ростовщи́к (ru) m ( rostovščík ) , ростовщи́ца (ru) f ( rostovščíca ) , ( dated ) проце́нтщик (ru) m ( procéntščik ) , проце́нтщица (ru) f ( procéntščica ) , ломба́рдщик m ( lombárdščik ) , ломба́рдщица f ( lombárdščica )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: залагао́нича̄р m
Roman: zalagaóničār (sh) m
Spanish: prestamista m or f
Swedish: pantlånare (sv) c
Ukrainian: лихва́р m ( lyxvár )
Volapük: panan (vo)