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pavilion
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)
- An ornate tent.
- A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
- A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
- (cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
- A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
- The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
- (anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
- (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
- (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
- A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
- (heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
- 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)
- (transitive) To furnish with a pavilion.
- (transitive) To put inside a pavilion.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").
Translations
References
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gallery
English
Etymology
From Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æl??i/
- Hyphenation: gal?le?ry
Noun
gallery (plural galleries)
- An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
- An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
- (law) The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
- A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
- The spectators of an event, collectively.
- (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
- a gallery of image thumbnails
- a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor
- (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
- (mining) a level or drive in a mine.
Derived terms
Related terms
- gallerist
Translations
Verb
gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)
- (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off
Further reading
- gallery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- gallery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- gallery at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- allergy, largely, regally
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