paun

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See also: pãun and păun

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French paon.

Noun

paun m (plural pauned)

  1. peacock

Inflection

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  Mutation of paun  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular paun baun faun unchanged
plural pauned bauned fauned unchanged

Indonesian

Noun

paun

  1. pound sterling, The currency of the United Kingdom.

Middle English

Noun

paun

  1. Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

paun m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) bread

Noun

paun m (plural pauns)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) loaf of bread

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pavone, from Latin pāvō, pāvōnem. Cf. also Romanian păun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâuːn/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧un

Noun

pȁūn m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ӯн)

  1. peacock

Declension

Declension of paun
singular plural
nominative paun pauni
genitive pauna pauna
dative paunu paunima
accusative pauna paune
vocative paune pauni
locative paunu paunima
instrumental paunom paunima

Derived terms

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pão.

Noun

paun

  1. bread

Welsh

Paun

Etymology

From Latin pāvōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

paun m (plural peunod, feminine peunes)

  1. peacock

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
paun baun mhaun phaun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “paun”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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