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. 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)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• 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)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pavillon or German Pavillon.

Noun

pavilion n (plural pavilioane)

1. pavilion, gazebo

Declension

Declension of pavilion

	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