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.[1]
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)
- An ornate tent.
- A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
- A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
- (cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
- A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
- The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
- (anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
- (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
- (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
- A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
- (heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
- A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
- Shelley
- The pavilion of heaven is bare.
- Shelley
Synonyms
- (part of ear): auricle, pinna
Related terms
- papillon
Translations
ornate tent
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light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
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structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
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cricket building
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detached / semi-detached building in a building complex
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lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone
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cartiliginous part of the outer ear — see pinna
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Verb
pavilion (third-person singular simple present pavilions, present participle pavilioning, simple past and past participle pavilioned)
- (transitive) To furnish with a pavilion.
- (transitive) To put inside a pavilion.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").
Translations
furnish with a pavilion
put inside a pavilion
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References
- “pavilion” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.