pawn

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːn/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /ˈpoːn/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /ˈpɔn/ without the cot–caught merger
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• [ˈpoə̯n] ~ [ˈpʊə̯n] New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore
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• Inland-Northern-American: [ˈpɑn] ~ [ˈpɒn]
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• Southern-US: [ˈpɑɒ̯n] ~ [ˈpɒɔ̯n]
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈpɑn/
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• [ˈpɑn] without the low-back-merger shift
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• [ˈpɒn] low-back-merger shift
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• [ˈpän] Upper Midwestern US
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• Canada: /ˈpɒn/
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• Scotland: /ˈpɔn/
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• rhymes with -ɔːn
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• homophone: porn (non-rhotic)
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• CMU ARPABET: P AO1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English paun, pawyn, pawnd, from Old French pan, pant (“pledge for a payment”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *pand (“deposit, security, pledge”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pound (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), West Frisian pân (“pawn”), Dutch pand (“pledge, pawn”), German Low German Pand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), German Pfand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), Swedish pant (“pledge, pawn”), Faroese pantur (“security, lien”), Icelandic pantur (“pledge, security, pawn”).

From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived from Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.

224 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: зало́г (zalóg) — instance of pawning something
• Chinese Mandarin: 典當 /典当 (diǎndàng) — instance of pawning something
• Chinese Mandarin: 典押 (diǎnyā) — instance of pawning something
• Czech: zástava — instance of pawning something
• Danish: pantsætning — instance of pawning something
• Dutch: verpanding — instance of pawning something
• Finnish: panttaus — instance of pawning something
• French: prêt sur gage — instance of pawning something
• Galician: empeño — instance of pawning something
• German: Verpfändung — instance of pawning something
• Greek: ενεχυρίαση (enechyríasi) — instance of pawning something
• Portuguese: penhora — instance of pawning something
• Spanish: empeño — instance of pawning something
• Swedish: pant — instance of pawning something
• Bulgarian: зало́г (zalóg) — item sold to a pawn shop
• Danish: pant — item sold to a pawn shop
• Dutch: pand — item sold to a pawn shop
• Finnish: pantti — item sold to a pawn shop
• French: gage — item sold to a pawn shop
• German: Pfand — item sold to a pawn shop
• German: Versatzstück — item sold to a pawn shop
• Greek: ενέχυρο (enéchyro) — item sold to a pawn shop
• Hebrew: עבוט (avót) — item sold to a pawn shop
• Norwegian: pant — item sold to a pawn shop
• Swedish: pant — item sold to a pawn shop
• Bulgarian: зало́жна къ́ща (zalóžna kǎ́šta) — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Danish: pantelåner — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Dutch: pandjes — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Dutch: pandjeshuis — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Esperanto: garantipruntejo — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Esperanto: lombardejo — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Finnish: panttilainaamo — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• French: mont-de-piété — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Galician: casa de empeños — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Georgian: ლომბარდი (lombardi) — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• German: Pfandleiher — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• German: Pfandhaus — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• German: Leihhaus — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Greek: ενεχυροδανειστήριο (enechyrodaneistírio) — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Hebrew: בית עבוט (bet avót) — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Italian: banco dei pegni — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Korean: 고물상 (gomulsang) — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Macedonian: заложница (založnica) — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Norwegian Bokmål: pantelåner — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Portuguese: topa-tudo — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Portuguese: casa de penhores — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Portuguese: penhora — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Russian: ломба́рд (lombárd) — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Swedish: pantbank — (rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop
• Afrikaans: pion — chess piece
• Albanian: ushtar — chess piece
• Arabic: جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy) — chess piece
• Arabic: بَيْدَق (baydaq) — chess piece
• Armenian: զինվոր (zinvor) — chess piece
• Asturian: peón — chess piece
• Azerbaijani: piyada — chess piece
• Belarusian: пе́шка (pjéška) — chess piece
• Belarusian: ла́тнік (látnik) — chess piece
• Belarusian: ні́жнік (nížnik) — chess piece
• Bengali: বোড়ে (bōṛe) — chess piece
• Breton: pezh gwerin — chess piece
• Bulgarian: пе́шка (péška) — chess piece
• Burmese: နယ် (nai) — chess piece
• Catalan: peó — chess piece
• Chinese Cantonese: 兵 (bing1) — chess piece
• Chinese Cantonese: 士兵 (si6 bing1) — chess piece
• Chinese Cantonese: 卒 (zeot1) — chess piece
• Chinese: 士兵 (zh-min-nan) — chess piece
• Chinese: 兵 (zh-min-nan) — chess piece
• Chinese Mandarin: 兵 (bīng) — chess piece
• Czech: pěšec — chess piece
• Danish: bonde — chess piece
• Dutch: pion — chess piece
• Esperanto: peono — chess piece
• Estonian: ettur — chess piece
• Faroese: finna — chess piece
• Finnish: sotilas — chess piece
• French: pion — chess piece
• Galician: peón — chess piece
• Georgian: პაიკი (ṗaiḳi) — chess piece
• German: Bauer — chess piece
• Greek: πιόνι (pióni) — chess piece
• Greek: στρατιώτης (stratiótis) — chess piece
• Hebrew: חייל (chayal) — chess piece
• Hebrew: רגלי (ragli) — chess piece
• Hindi: प्यादा (pyādā) — chess piece
• Hindi: पियादा (piyādā) — chess piece
• Hindi: सिपाही (sipāhī) — chess piece
• Hungarian: gyalog — chess piece
• Hungarian: paraszt — chess piece
• Icelandic: peð — chess piece
• Ido: piono — chess piece
• Indonesian: bidak — chess piece
• Indonesian: pion — chess piece
• Irish: ceithearnach — chess piece
• Irish: fichillín — chess piece
• Italian: pedone — chess piece
• Italian: pedina — chess piece
• Japanese: ポーン (pōn) — chess piece
• Javanese: bidhag — chess piece
• Kazakh: сарбаз (sarbaz) — chess piece
• Kazakh: пешка (peşka) — chess piece
• Khmer: ត្រី (trəy) — chess piece
• Korean: 폰 (pon) — chess piece
• Korean: 졸 (jol) — chess piece
• Kyrgyz: пешка (peşka) — chess piece
• Lao: ເບ້ຍ (bīa) — chess piece
• Latin: latro — chess piece
• Latvian: bandinieks — chess piece
• Lithuanian: pėstininkas — chess piece
• Macedonian: пешак (pešak) — chess piece
• Macedonian: пион (pion) — chess piece
• Malay: bidak — chess piece
• Malay: pion — chess piece
• Malay: piadah — chess piece
• Māori: kaihāpai-ō — chess piece
• Māori: kurumetometo — chess piece
• Middle English: pown — chess piece
• Mongolian: хүү (xüü) — chess piece
• Navajo: naaʼnil — chess piece
• Nepali: सिपाही (sipāhī) — chess piece
• Norwegian: bonde — chess piece
• Occitan: peon — chess piece
• Ojibwe: ganoodiye — chess piece
• Persian: سرباز (sarbâz) — chess piece
• Persian: پیاده (piyâde) — chess piece
• Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭣𐭠𐭲𐭪 — chess piece
• Plautdietsch: Büa — chess piece
• Polish: pion — chess piece
• Polish: pionek — chess piece
• Portuguese: peão — chess piece
• Romanian: pion — chess piece
• Russian: пе́шка (péška) — chess piece
• Scottish Gaelic: pàn — chess piece
• Serbo-Croatian: пешак — chess piece
• Serbo-Croatian: пјешак — chess piece
• Serbo-Croatian: пион — chess piece
• Serbo-Croatian: pešak — chess piece
• Serbo-Croatian: pješak — chess piece
• Serbo-Croatian: pion — chess piece
• Slovak: pešiak — chess piece
• Slovene: kmet — chess piece
• Spanish: peón — chess piece
• Swahili: kitunda — chess piece
• Swedish: bonde — chess piece
• Tagalog: piyon — chess piece
• Tajik: пиёда (piyoda) — chess piece
• Tajik: сарбоз (sarboz) — chess piece
• Tamil: சிப்பாய் (cippāy) — chess piece
• Tamil: காலாள் (kālāḷ) — chess piece
• Thai: เบี้ย (bîia) — chess piece
• Turkish: piyon — chess piece
• Turkmen: pyýada — chess piece
• Turkmen: peşka — chess piece
• Ukrainian: піша́к (pišák) — chess piece
• Urdu: پیاده (pyāda) — chess piece
• Uyghur: پىيادە (piyade) — chess piece
• Uyghur: پېشكا (pëshka) — chess piece
• Uzbek: piyoda — chess piece
• Uzbek: sarboz — chess piece
• Uzbek: peshka — chess piece
• Vietnamese: tốt — chess piece
• Vietnamese: chốt — chess piece
• Yiddish: פּיאָן (pyon) — chess piece
• Afrikaans: pion — someone who is being manipulated
• Albanian: gur shahu — someone who is being manipulated
• Azerbaijani: peşka — someone who is being manipulated
• Azerbaijani: piyada — someone who is being manipulated
• Bulgarian: пио́нка (piónka) — someone who is being manipulated
• Chinese Cantonese: 棋 — someone who is being manipulated
• Czech: figurka — someone who is being manipulated
• Danish: brik — someone who is being manipulated
• Dutch: pion — someone who is being manipulated
• Dutch: kleine man — someone who is being manipulated
• Finnish: pelinappula — someone who is being manipulated
• French: pion — someone who is being manipulated
• Galician: peón — someone who is being manipulated
• Georgian: პაიკი (ṗaiḳi) — someone who is being manipulated
• German: Schachfigur — someone who is being manipulated
• Greek: πιόνι (pióni) — someone who is being manipulated
• Greek: υποχείριο (ypocheírio) — someone who is being manipulated
• Greek: ενεργούμενο (energoúmeno) — someone who is being manipulated
• Hebrew: פיון (pion) — someone who is being manipulated
• Italian: pedina — someone who is being manipulated
• Japanese: 駒 (koma) — someone who is being manipulated
• Kazakh: қолшоқпар (qolşoqpar) — someone who is being manipulated
• Kazakh: сойылсоғар (soiylsoğar) — someone who is being manipulated
• Māori: kurumetometo — someone who is being manipulated
• Norwegian: brikke — someone who is being manipulated
• Polish: pionek — someone who is being manipulated
• Portuguese: peão — someone who is being manipulated
• Russian: пе́шка (péška) — someone who is being manipulated
• Spanish: peón — someone who is being manipulated
• Swedish: bricka — someone who is being manipulated
• Turkish: piyon — someone who is being manipulated
• Turkish: oyuncak — someone who is being manipulated
• Bulgarian: залагам (zalagam) — give as security for loan
• Catalan: empenyorar — give as security for loan
• Czech: zastavit — give as security for loan
• Czech: dát do zástavy — give as security for loan
• Danish: pantsætte — give as security for loan
• Dutch: verpanden — give as security for loan
• Esperanto: lombardi — give as security for loan
• Finnish: pantata — give as security for loan
• French: engager — give as security for loan
• French: mettre au clou — give as security for loan
• French: mettre en gage — give as security for loan
• Galician: empeñar — give as security for loan
• Georgian: დალომბარდება (dalombardeba) — give as security for loan
• German: verpfänden — give as security for loan
• Greek: ενεχυριάζω (enechyriázo) — give as security for loan
• Ido: gajigar — give as security for loan
• Macedonian: заложува (založuva) — give as security for loan
• Mongolian: дан хийх (dan xiix) — give as security for loan
• Norwegian: pantsette — give as security for loan
• Portuguese: penhorar — give as security for loan
• Portuguese: empenhar — give as security for loan
• Romanian: amaneta — give as security for loan
• Russian: закла́дывать (zakládyvatʹ) — give as security for loan
• Russian: отдава́ть в зало́г (otdavátʹ v zalóg) — give as security for loan
• Spanish: empeñar — give as security for loan
• Swedish: pantsätta — give as security for loan
• Vietnamese: cầm đồ — give as security for loan
• Volapük: panön — give as security for loan