pavilion

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈvɪljən/

Noun

pavilion (plural pavilions)

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) A tent used as a bearing.
11. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.

    • The pavilion of heaven is bare.

Synonyms

• (part of ear) auricle, pinna

Related terms

• papillon

Translations

• French: pavillon
• German: Pavillon
• Italian: padiglione
• Portuguese: pavilhão
• Russian: павильо́н
• Spanish: pabellón

Translations

• French: pavillon
• German: Pavillon
• Italian: padiglione
• Portuguese: pavilhão
• Russian: павильо́н
• Spanish: pavillón

Translations

• French: pavillon
• German: Pavillon
• Portuguese: pavilhão
• Spanish: pabellón

Translations

• French: pavillon

Verb

pavilion (pavilions, present participle pavilioning; 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").

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