different between canopy vs pavilion

English

Etymology

From Middle English canape, canope, from Latin c?n?p?um (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek ????????? (k?n?peîon)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (compare modern French canapé). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæ.n?.pi/

Noun

canopy (plural canopies)

1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

   • golden canopies and beds of state
2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Descendants

• ? French: canopée (calque)
• ? Spanish: canopy

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Verb

canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)

1. (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:

     Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.

   • 1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 543-5,^[2]

     I sat me down to watch upon a bank

     With ivy canopied, and interwove

     With flaunting honeysuckle […]

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Franklenstein, Chapter 11,^[3]

     I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.

   • 1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366,^[4]

     The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]

2. (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
   • 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,^[5]

     If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.

See also

• canopied
• canopy bed

Spanish

Noun

canopy m (uncountable)

1. (Caribbean) zipline (activity)

English

Etymology

From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin p?pili?nem, form of p?pili? (“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): /p??v?lj?n/

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.

Synonyms

• (part of ear): auricle, pinna

Related terms

• papillon

Translations

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").

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