different between papillon vs pavilion

English

Alternative forms

• Papillon

Etymology

From French papillon (“butterfly”), from Latin p?pili? (“butterfly, moth”). Doublet of pavilion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæp?j??/, /?pæpi??n/, /?pæp?l?n/, /p??p?li?n/

Noun

papillon (countable and uncountable, plural papillons)

1. (sometimes capitalized) A breed of small dog with large ears; a dog of that breed.
   • 2014 November 29, Rachel Nuwer, Lassie gets an upgrade, New Scientist, Issue 2997, page 47,

     The researchers tested various breeds, including border collies, golden retrievers, pit bulls, labradors and even Jackson's own little papillon.

Further reading

• Papillon (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?pili?. Doublet of pavillon. The swimming sense of "butterfly stroke" is probably a semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pi.j??/

Noun

papillon m (plural papillons)

1. butterfly

2. (by extension) someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant
   • 1833, Gautier, Albertus

     Avec sa cour folâtre de jeunes merveilleux, papillons de boudoirs […] Véronique était là.

3. (fashion) knot
   • 1842, Victor Hugo, Rhin

     Le grand papillon noir, c'est la coiffure du pays. Coiffure gracieuse. De larges rubans de soie noire ajustés en cocarde sur le front, […] derrière laquelle les cheveux tombent sur le dos en deux longues nattes.

4. (mechanics) Ellipsis of écrou papillon; wing nut, butterfly nut
5. (swimming) butterfly stroke

6. (colloquial) parking ticket

7. (engineering) butterfly valve

Derived terms

See also

• chenille f
• mite

Interjection

papillon

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Derived terms

• minute papillon

Further reading

• “papillon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

papillon m (invariable)

1. bow tie

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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