different between pian vs pion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese piã, or Spanish pian, from the native name in South America.

Noun

pian (uncountable)

1. (medicine) yaws

Anagrams

• APNI, NIPA, PAIN, PANI, Pain, nipa, pain, pina, piña

Esperanto

Adjective

pian

1. accusative singular of pia

Finnish

(index pi)

Etymology

Singular instructive form of pika-.

Adverb

pian (comparative pikemmin, superlative pikimmin)

1. soon

Anagrams

• apin, pain, pani

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i?n?/

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péine, nominative plural pianta or pianacha or piana)

1. pain
   1. pain of suspense
2. punishment, penalty

Declension

Alternative declension 1

Alternative declension 2

Derived terms

Verb

pian (present analytic pianann, future analytic pianfaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle pianta)

1. (transitive) pain; punish

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• pianaigh

Mutation

References

• "pian" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Adverb

pian

1. Apocopic form of piano

Derived terms

• pian piano

Anagrams

• pani
• pina

Mandarin

Romanization

pian

1. Nonstandard spelling of pi?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pián.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pi?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of piàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. pain

Synonyms

Derived terms

• piandagh

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?an/

Noun

pian f

1. genitive plural of piana

Romanian

Noun

pian n (plural piane)

1. piano

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péin, plural piantan or pianta or piantaidh)

1. pain, pang, torture, torment, anguish, trouble, sorrow
2. punishment

Verb

pian (past phian, future pianaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle piante)

1. torment, torture, pain
2. distress, annoy
3. punish

Synonyms

• piantaich

Derived terms

• pianadair

References

• “pian” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Etymology

pi +? -on, as alteration of pi-meson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa??n/

Noun

pion (plural pions)

1. (physics) Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.

Synonyms

• pi meson

Translations

Anagrams

• INOP, Pino

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pion, from French pion, from Middle French pion, from Old French peon, from Late Latin ped?.

Noun

pion (plural pionne, diminutive pionnetjie)

1. (chess) pawn; least valuable piece in chess
2. a pawn; a person who has no control over their lot, usually manipulated by others to some end

Synonyms

• (chess piece): boer

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pion, from Middle French pion, from Old French peon, from Late Latin ped? (“footman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi??n/
• Hyphenation: pi?on
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

pion m (plural pionnen, diminutive pionnetje n)

1. (chess) pawn
2. (boardgames, by extension) piece, pawn (generic player piece in boardgames resembling the pawn in chess)
3. (figuratively) pawn (someone without control; one who is (easily) manipulated)

Derived terms

• a-pion
• b-pion
• c-pion
• d-pion
• e-pion
• f-pion
• g-pion
• h-pion
• vrijpion

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pion

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi.?n/
• Hyphenation: pi?on

Noun

pion n (plural pionen)

1. (physics) pion (subatomic particle)

Esperanto

Noun

pion

1. accusative singular of pio

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pj??/

Etymology 1

From Old French peon, poon, paon, from Late Latin ped?, ped?nem (“footsoldier”), from Latin p?s, pedem (“foot”). Compare Spanish peón, Portuguese peão, Italian pedone. Doublet of péon.

Noun

pion m (plural pions)

1. (chess) pawn
2. (figuratively) pawn
3. (games) counter

Related terms

• pionnier

Noun

pion m (plural pions, feminine pionne)

1. (informal) supervisor (in a school)

See also

Descendants

• ? Polish: pion

Etymology 2

pi +? -on (forming particle names)

Noun

pion m (plural pions)

1. (physics) pion

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pion (“pawn”), from French pion, from Old French peon, poon, paon, from Late Latin ped?, ped?nem (“footsoldier”), from Latin p?s, pedem (“foot”). Doublet of piung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.on/
• Hyphenation: pi?on

Noun

pion

1. (chess) pawn

   Synonym: bidak

2. (physics) pion
3. (figuratively) pioneer

   Synonyms: perintis, pelopor

See also

Further reading

• “pion” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (pai?nía), from Ancient Greek ????? (Pai?n, “Paean, physician of the gods”)/????? (pai?n, “a physician”).

Noun

pion m (definite singular pionen, indefinite plural pioner, definite plural pionene)

1. alternative form of peon

References

• “pion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (pai?nía), from Ancient Greek ????? (Pai?n, “Paean, physician of the gods”)/????? (pai?n, “a physician”).

Noun

pion m (definite singular pionen, indefinite plural pionar, definite plural pionane)

1. alternative form of peon

Etymology 2

Noun

pion n (definite singular pionet, indefinite plural pion, definite plural piona)

1. (physics) a pion

References

• “pion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??n/

Noun

pion m inan

1. the vertical

2. plumb line
3. section; department

4. duct; riser; any installations or spaces running vertically in a building

5. (by extension) flats in an apartment block sharing those installations

Declension

Etymology 2

From French pion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??n/

Noun

pion m inan (diminutive pionek)

1. (chess) pawn

Declension

See also

Etymology 3

From English pion, a shortened form of pi meson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i.j?n/

Noun

pion m inan

1. (physics) pion

Declension

Etymology 4

Noun

pion f

1. genitive plural of piona

Further reading

• pion in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pi?on]

Noun

pion m (plural pioni)

1. (chess) pawn

Declension

See also

Swedish

Noun

pion c

1. peony; a flower
2. (physics) pion; any of the semistable ?-mesons

Declension