paun

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See also: pãun and păun

Breton

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French paon.

Noun

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paun m (plural pauned)

  1. peacock

Inflection

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Indonesian

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Noun

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paun

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

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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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
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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paun (Jawi spelling ڤاءون, plural paun-paun)

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

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Middle English

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Noun

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paun

  1. Alternative form of pown (pawn)

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

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paun m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter) bread

Noun

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paun m (plural pauns)

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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pȁūn m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ӯн)

  1. peacock

Declension

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Derived terms

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Tetum

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese pão.

Noun

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paun

  1. bread
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References

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Welsh

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Paun

Etymology

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From Latin pāvōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paun m (plural peunod, feminine peunes)

  1. peacock

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  • 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