pawnbroker

English

Etymology

pawn +‎ broker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːnˌbɹəʊ.kə(ɹ)/

Noun

pawnbroker (plural pawnbrokers)

1. A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.

Translations

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), 当铺老板 (dàngpù lǎobǎn)

• Danish: pantelåner c
• Dutch: pandjesbaas m, lommerd (nl) m
• Esperanto: lombardejo
• 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)
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• 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

• Portuguese: penhorista m or f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• 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 c
• Ukrainian: лихва́р m (lyxvár)
• Volapük: panan (vo)