pavilion

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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] Doublet of papillon.

Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈvɪljən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Noun

pavilion (plural pavilions)

Three pavilions (silver) as charges on a heraldic shield, and one pavilion (red and gold striped) atop the mantling .

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) An ornate tent, used either as a charge or bearing, or surrounding a shield as or atop the mantling.
11. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
    • 1819 or 1820 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Cloud”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza 6, page 200:

      For after the rain when with never a stain, / The pavilion of heaven is bare, […]

Synonyms

• (part of ear): auricle, pinna

Derived terms

• pavilion roof

Related terms

• papillon

Translations

ornate tent

Bulgarian: пала́тка (bg) f (palátka), ша́тра (bg) f (šátra) Burmese: မဏ္ဍပ် (my) (mandap) Catalan: pavelló (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 亭子 (zh) (tíngzi) Dutch: paviljoen (nl) m Esperanto: pavilono Finnish: paviljonkiteltta French: pavillon (fr) m Galician: pavillón m German: Pavillon (de) m Ido: paviliono (io) Indonesian: paviliun (id) Irish: pailliún m Italian: padiglione (it) m Japanese: 仮設テント (かせつテント, kasetsu tento) Malay: astaka (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: paviljong m Nynorsk: paviljong m Persian: پرده‌سرای (parde-sarây), پاویون (fa) (pâviyon) Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m Russian: павильо́н (ru) m (pavilʹón), шатёр (ru) m (šatjór) Scottish Gaelic: pùball m Spanish: pabellón (es) m Tagalog: bahay-tolda, pabelyon Vietnamese: lều (vi), bạt (vi), nhà bạt (vi)

light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place

Arabic: جَنَاح m (janāḥ), سُرَادِق m (surādiq) Belarusian: павільён m (pavilʹjón) Bulgarian: те́нта f (ténta) Burmese: မဏ္ဍပ် (my) (mandap) Chinese: Mandarin: 亭子 (zh) (tíngzi) 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) Irish: pailliún m Italian: padiglione (it) m Japanese: 東屋 (ja) (あずまや, azumaya), 亭 (ja) (ちん, chin) Khmer: សាលា (km) (saalaa) Norwegian: Bokmål: paviljong m Nynorsk: paviljong m Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (köşk) Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m Russian: павильо́н (ru) m (pavilʹón) Spanish: pavillón Thai: ศาลา (th) (sǎa-laa) Ukrainian: павільйо́н m (pavilʹjón)

structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc

Arabic: جَنَاح m (janāḥ), سُرَادِق m (surādiq) Belarusian: павільён m (pavilʹjón) Bulgarian: бу́дка (bg) f (búdka), павилио́н (bg) m (pavilión) Burmese: မဏ္ဍပ် (my) (mandap) Catalan: pavelló (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 展馆 (zh) (zhǎnguǎn), 展览馆 (zh) (zhǎnlǎnguǎn) 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) Irish: puball m Italian: padiglione (it) m Japanese: パビリオン (ja) (pabirion) Korean: 파빌리온 (pabillion) Macedonian: павилјо́н m (paviljón) Maori: whare whakamātakitaki Norwegian: Bokmål: paviljong m Nynorsk: paviljong m Polish: pawilon (pl) m Portuguese: pavilhão (pt) m Russian: павильо́н (ru) m (pavilʹón) Spanish: pabellón (es) m Swedish: paviljong (sv) c Turkish: pavyon (tr) Ukrainian: павільйо́н m (pavilʹjón) Vietnamese: rạp (vi)

cricket building

Finnish: paviljonki (fi) French: pavillon (fr) m Irish: pailliún m Japanese: ブリリアント (buririanto)

detached / semi-detached building in a building complex

Finnish: siipi (fi) Irish: pailliún m Norwegian: Bokmål: paviljong m Nynorsk: paviljong m Polish: pawilon (pl) m

lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone

Finnish: alaosa (fi)

cartiliginous part of the outer ear — see pinna

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Korean: (please verify) 큰 천막 (keun cheonmak) 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

put inside a pavilion

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

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pavilion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pavillon or German Pavillon.

Noun

pavilion n (plural pavilioane)

1. pavilion, gazebo

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pavilion	pavilionul	(niște) pavilioane	pavilioanele
genitive/dative	(unui) pavilion	pavilionului	(unor) pavilioane	pavilioanelor
vocative	pavilionule		pavilioanelor

Declension of pavilion