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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

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from bionic.

Noun

bion (plural bions)

1. (science fiction) A cyborg or robot.

Antonyms

• morphon

Related terms

• bionic

Etymology 2

Noun

bion (plural bions)

1. The smallest microscopic unit of orgone.

Anagrams

• bino, boni

Japanese

Romanization

bion

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Swedish

Noun

bion

1. definite singular of bio

Anagrams

• niob