pabellón

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French paveillon, from Latin pāpiliōnem.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pabeˈʝon/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pabeˈʎon/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pabeˈʃon/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pabeˈʒon/

  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: pa‧be‧llón

Noun

pabellón m (plural pabellones)

  1. pavilion
  2. (Chile) operating room
    Synonym: quirófano
  3. ensign (national flag flown on a vessel)
    Synonyms: enseña, pabellón nacional, bandera de popa
  4. (Venezuela) Ellipsis of pabellón criollo.
  5. (music) bell (part of a wind instrument)
    Synonym: campana

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “pabellón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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