pawn

pawn - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /pɔːn/
  • (US) IPA: /pɔn/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /pɑn/
  • (Southern American English) IPA: /pɑɒn/
  • Homophone: porn (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
  2. (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
    • Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.

Synonyms

  • See also pawn

Derived terms

Translations

  • Afrikaans: pion
  • Azerbaijani: peşka, piyada
  • Bulgarian: пио́нка f (piónka)
  • Chinese:
    • Cantonese: (kei4-2)
    • Mandarin: (please verify) 爪牙 (zh) (zhaoya)
  • Czech: figurka (cs) f
  • Danish: brik c (in someone's game)
  • Dutch: pion (nl) m, kleine man m
  • Finnish: pelinappula (fi)
  • French: pion (fr) m
  • Galician: peón (gl) m
  • Georgian: პაიკი (ṗaiḳi)
  • German: Schachfigur (de) f
  • Greek: πιόνι (el) n (pióni), υποχείριο (el) n (ypocheírio), ενεργούμενο (el) n (energoúmeno)
  • Hebrew: פיון (he) m (pion)
  • Italian: pedina (it) f
  • Maori: kurumetometo
  • Norwegian: brikke (no) m
  • Polish: pionek (pl) m
  • Portuguese: peão (pt) m
  • Russian: пе́шка (ru) f (péška)
  • Spanish: peón (es) m
  • Swedish: bricka (sv) c
  • Turkish: piyon (tr), oyuncak (tr)

Noun

pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
    • All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
  2. An instance of pawning something.
  3. (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
  4. (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

Translations

Verb

pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)

  1. To pledge; to stake or wager.
  2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

Synonyms

  • (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock

Translations


Noun

pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)

  1. Alternative form of paan

Noun

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. A gallery.

Verb

pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)

  1. (video games) Alternative form of pwn

Anagrams

pawn - Middle English

Noun

pawn

  1. Alternative form of pown (pawn)
Meaning and Definition of pawn
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