Pavilion
11pavilion — [[t]pəvɪ̱liən[/t]] pavilions 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A pavilion is a building on the edge of a sports field where players can change their clothes and wash. [BRIT] ...the cricket pavilion. 2) N COUNT: oft supp N A pavilion is a large temporary… …
12Pavilion — Pavillon Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …
13pavilion — UK [pəˈvɪlɪən] / US [pəˈvɪljən] noun [countable] Word forms pavilion : singular pavilion plural pavilions 1) British a building beside a sports field for players or club members to use a cricket pavilion 2) a building in a park or large garden… …
14pavilion — /peuh vil yeuhn/, n. 1. a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair. 2. any of a number of separate or attached buildings forming a hospital or the like. 3. Archit. a projecting element of a… …
15pavilion — 1. noun a) an ornate tent b) a light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place Syn …
16pavilion — pa·vil·ion pə vil yən n 1) PINNA 2) a detached or semidetached part of a hospital devoted to a special use <a maternity pavilion> <a nuclear medicine pavilion> * * * pa·vil·ion (pə vilґyən) [L. papilio butterfly, tent] a… …
17pavilion — pa|vil|ion [pəˈvıljən] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: paveillon, from Latin papilio butterfly ; because it was thought to look like a butterfly s wings] 1.) a temporary building or tent which is used for public entertainment or… …
18pavilion — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pavilloun, pavillioun, from Anglo French, from Latin papilion , papilio butterfly; perhaps akin to Old High German fīfaltra butterfly Date: 13th century 1. a. a large often sumptuous tent b. something resembling… …
19pavilion — noun Pavilion is used after these nouns: ↑cricket, ↑sport …
20pavilion — [13] Pavilion got its name because some anonymous ancient Roman was reminded by a tent, with its two ‘wings’ spread out from a central crosspiece, of a ‘butterfly’. Latin for ‘butterfly’ was pāpiliō (a word of unknown origin), which hence came to …
