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pawnshop

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpɔːnʃɒp/
  • US: /ˈpɔnʃɑp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: porn shop (nonrhotic)
  • CMU ARPABET: P AO1 N SH AA2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a shop where loans are made with personal property as security

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pawnbroker's shop, loan office

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shop, store

History

Etymology

From pawn + shop.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مرهن (marhan) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Arabic: مرهن (marhan) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Armenian: գրավատուն (gravatun) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Belarusian: ламба́рд (lambárd) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Bulgarian: зало́жна къ́ща (zalóžna kǎ́šta) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Catalan: casa de penyores — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 當鋪 /当铺 (dàngpù) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Czech: zastavárna — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Czech: frc — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Danish: pantelåner — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Dutch: pandjeshuis — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Dutch: lommerd — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Esperanto: lombardejo — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Estonian: pandimaja — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Finnish: panttilainaamo — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • French: prêteur sur gages — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • French: caisse de crédit municipal — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • French: mont-de-piété — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Georgian: ლომბარდი (lombardi) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • German: Pfandhaus — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Greek: ενεχυροδανειστήριο (enechyrodaneistírio) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Hebrew: בית עבוט (bet avót) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Hebrew: חנות משכונות (khanút mashkonót) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Hungarian: zálogház — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Ido: lombardo — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Indonesian: pegadaian — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Indonesian: rumah gadai — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Irish: teach gill — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Italian: monte di pietà — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Italian: banco dei pegni — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Japanese: 質屋 (shichiya) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Korean: 전당포 (jeondangpo) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Latvian: lombards — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Lithuanian: lombardas — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Macedonian: заложи́лница (založílnica) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Mongolian: ломбард (lombard) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Polish: lombard — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Portuguese: casa de penhores — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Romanian: amanet — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Russian: ломба́рд (lombárd) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Scottish Gaelic: bùth-gheall — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Serbo-Croatian: залагаоница — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalagaónica — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Slovak: zastavárna — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Slovene: zastavljalnica — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Spanish: casa de empeño — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Spanish: casa de empeños — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Spanish: prendería — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Spanish: cambalache — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Spanish: tienda de empeñamiento — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Spanish: local de pignoración — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Swedish: pantbank — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Tagalog: sanglaan — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Thai: โรงรับจํานํา — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Turkish: rehinci dükkanı — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Ukrainian: ломба́рд (lombárd) — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Vietnamese: tiệm cầm đồ — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Welsh: siop wystlo — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Welsh: ponsiop — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Welsh: siop y pôn — business premises of a pawnbroker
  • Zazaki: dest sernayoğ — business premises of a pawnbroker