Meaning

12 senses
  1. An ornate tent.

    Pavillon

    павильо́нpavilʹón, шатёрšatjór

    large and often sumptuous tent

  2. A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.

    Pavillon

    павильо́нpavilʹón

    павільйо́нpavilʹjón

  3. A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.

    Pavillon

    павильо́нpavilʹón

    павільйо́нpavilʹjón

  4. The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.

    Only one player has hit a six over the Lord's pavillion.

  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. The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.

  8. The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.

  9. A flag, ensign, or banner.

  10. A flag, ensign, or banner.

    A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.

  11. An ornate tent, used either as a charge or bearing, or surrounding a shield as or atop the mantling.

  12. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.

Examples

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  1. Each continent had a pavilion at the fair.

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  2. The pavilion already held about a dozen pregnant women about to give birth.

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  3. The beauty of the Golden Pavilion covered in snow was unmatched.

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  4. When I was young, my father often talked to me about the Golden Pavilion.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place:
Русский
By meaning 1
ornate tent:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ornate tent:

Origin

From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of

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 papilio and papillon.

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Forms

plural: pavilions
Singularpavilion
Pluralpavilions

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
part of ear:auriclepinna
Close in meaning
  • large and often sumptuous tent:marquee

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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