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
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.

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pound, from Middle English pound, from Old English pund (a pound, weight), from Proto-Germanic *pundą (pound, weight), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (by weight), ablative form of pondus (weight), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (to pull, stretch).

Noun

paun (Jawi spelling ڤاءون)

  1. A pound:
    1. The pound sterling; the currency of the United Kingdom.
    2. The currency of some countries (Sudan, Syria, and Egypt).
    3. A unit of mass equal to 16 ounces or 0.4536 kilograms.
    4. Jewellery (bracelets, lockets, etc.) made out of gold that are shaped like coins.
Compounds

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pound, from Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English pund (an enclosure).

Noun

paun (Jawi spelling ڤاءون, plural paun-paun)

  1. A pound; a place for confining animals (buffaloes, cows, etc.) that roam around a lot.
Compounds

Further reading

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

Derived terms

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pão.

Noun

paun

  1. bread

References

Welsh

Paun

Etymology

From Latin pāvōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

paun m (plural peunod, feminine peunes)

  1. peacock

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of paun
radical soft nasal aspirate
paun baun mhaun phaun

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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