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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

Alternative forms

• pyne (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /pa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English pyne, from Latin p?nus, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“sap, juice”). Cognate with Sanskrit ???? (pitu, “sap, juice, resin”). Doublet of pinus.

Noun

pine (countable and uncountable, plural pines)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

   Synonyms: pine tree, pinus

2. (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
3. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.

   Synonym: pinewood

4. (archaic except South Africa, Caribbean, Guyana) A pineapple.
   • 1918, Katherine Mansfield, “Prelude” in Bliss and Other Stories, Toronto: Macmillan, 1920, pp. 38-39,^[2]

     Linda carried the oysters in one hand and the pineapple in the other. […] she put the bottle of oysters and the pine on a little carved chair.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English pine, pyne, from Old English *p?n (“pain”), from Proto-Germanic *p?n? (“pain, torment, torture”), possibly from Latin poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Cognate to pain.

Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German p?n?n, Old Norse pína.

Noun

pine (plural pines)

1. (archaic) A painful longing.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English pinen, from Old English p?nian (“to torment”), from Proto-Germanic *p?n?n?, from Proto-Germanic *p?n? (“pain, torment, torture”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with German peinigen (“to torment, torture”), Icelandic pína (“to torment”).

Verb

pine (third-person singular simple present pines, present participle pining, simple past and past participle pined)

1. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.

   Synonyms: languish, droop

   • 1855, John Sullivan Dwight (translator), “Oh Holy Night”, as printed in 1871, Adolphe-Charles Adam (music), “Cantique de Noël”, G. Schirmer (New York), originally by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, 1847

     Long lay the world in sin and error pining / Till He appear’d and the soul felt its worth
2. (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.

   Synonyms: long, yearn
3. (transitive) To grieve or mourn for.
4. (transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.

   Synonyms: torment, torture, afflict

   • 1648, Joseph Hall, The Breathings of the Devout Soul

     One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack.

Derived terms

• pine away

Translations

Further reading

• pine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pine at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Anagrams

• pein

Bih

Noun

pine

1. woman, girl

Further reading

• Tam Thi Min Nguyen, A grammar of Bih (2013)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?i?n?]

Etymology 1

Via Old Saxon p?na from Medieval Latin p?na (“punishment in hell”), from Latin poena (“punishment”), a loan from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”).

Noun

pine c (singular definite pinen, plural indefinite piner)

1. torment
2. (in compounds) ache

Inflection

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German p?nen, derived from the noun.

Verb

pine (imperative pin, infinitive at pine, present tense piner, past tense pinte, perfect tense er/har pint)

1. torment
2. torture

Synonyms

• martre
• nage
• plage

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pin/

Etymology 1

Originally “pinecone”, from Latin p?nea

Noun

pine f (plural pines)

1. (slang) nob, penis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pine

1. first-person singular present indicative of piner
2. third-person singular present indicative of piner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of piner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of piner
5. second-person singular imperative of piner

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

pine f

1. plural of pina

Anagrams

• peni

Latin

Noun

p?ne

1. vocative singular of p?nus

Maori

Etymology

Probably English pin

Noun

pine

1. pin, tack, brooch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pína, from Latin poena.

Noun

pine f or m (definite singular pina or pinen, indefinite plural piner, definite plural pinene)

1. pain, torment, torture

Derived terms

• hodepine
• tannpine
• ørepine

Verb

pine (present tense piner, past tense pinte, past participle pint)

1. to torment, to torture

References

• “pine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pine” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pína, from Latin poena

Noun

pine f (definite singular pina, indefinite plural piner, definite plural pinene)

1. pain, torment, torture

Derived terms

• hovudpine
• tannpine

Verb

pine (present tense piner, past tense pinte, past participle pint, passive infinitive pinast, present participle pinande, imperative pin)

1. to torment, to torture

References

• “pine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

pine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of pinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of pinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of pinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of pinar

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

pine c (plural pinen, diminutive pyntsje)

1. pain, ache

Further reading

• “pine”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zazaki

Noun

pine

1. patch
2. (computing) patch