name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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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.
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/ˈpɪnjən/
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪnjən
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homophone: piñon
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CMU ARPABET: P IH1 N Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A wing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
Meaning 5
A moth of the genus Lithophane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
The smallest gear in a gear train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle again sets in motion the magic pinions and the wizard wheels.
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verb
Meaning 7
To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: shackle
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To restrain; to limit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Qualifier: transferred sense
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noun
Meaning 10
wing of a bird
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pennon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wing
noun
Meaning 11
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flight feather, quill, quill feather
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feather, plume, plumage
Narrower terms: primary, primary feather, primary quill, tail feather
noun
Meaning 12
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
Narrower terms: lantern pinion, lantern wheel
verb
Meaning 13
cut the wings off (of birds)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: disable, disenable, incapacitate
verb
Meaning 14
bind the arms of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shackle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrain, confine, hold
History
Etymology
From Middle English pynyon, from Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”).
Borrowed from French pignon.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пиньон (pinjon) — gear in a gear drive train
- Catalan: pinyó — gear in a gear drive train
- Czech: pastorek — gear in a gear drive train
- Finnish: hammasvaihde — gear in a gear drive train
- Finnish: pinjoni — gear in a gear drive train
- German: Ritzel — gear in a gear drive train
- Central Kurdish: باڵبەست (ballbest) — gear in a gear drive train
- Norwegian Bokmål: tanndrev — gear in a gear drive train
- Norwegian Bokmål: tannhjulsdrev — gear in a gear drive train
- Norwegian Bokmål: spisshjul — gear in a gear drive train
- Russian: шестерня́ (šesternjá) — gear in a gear drive train
- Spanish: piñón — gear in a gear drive train
- Swedish: pinjong — gear in a gear drive train
- Ottoman Turkish: فنار (fenar, fener) — gear in a gear drive train
- Bulgarian: подрязвам (podrjazvam) — cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings
- Finnish: leikata siivenkärjet — cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings
- Russian: подрезать крылья (podrezatʹ krylʹja) — cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings
- Bulgarian: връзвам (vrǎzvam) — bind the arms of someone
- Finnish: sitoa kädet — bind the arms of someone
- Finnish: kahlita kädet — bind the arms of someone
- German: fesseln — bind the arms of someone
- Russian: свя́зывать руки (svjázyvatʹ ruki) — bind the arms of someone
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