Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: pawn

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]
Track the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed. // via fulltextrssfeed.com 
Need to buy a car, but dread talking to car salesmen?

Fear no more! Enroll in this online course and learn how to effectively and confidently negotiate a great deal, saving you thousands!
From our sponsors
pawn
Aug 14th 2013, 00:58, by Equinox

Line 183: Line 183:
 

* Swedish: {{t-|sv|pantsätta}}

  

* Swedish: {{t-|sv|pantsätta}}
 

{{trans-bottom}}

  

{{trans-bottom}}
  +
  +

===Etymology 3===
  +
  +

====Noun====
  +

{{en-noun|-}}
  +
  +

# {{alternative form of|paan}}
   
 

===See also===

  

===See also===

Latest revision as of 00:58, 14 August 2013

Wikipedia-logo.png

Wikipedia

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A pawn (chess)

From Anglo-Norman paun, poun ( = Old French poon, paon), from Late Latin pedō(nem) ("footsoldier"), from Latin pēs, ped- ("foot").

Noun[edit]

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. (chess) The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
  2. (colloquial) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end, usually not the end that individual would prefer.
    Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.

Synonyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

chess piece

someone who is being manipulated

See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (video games) To render one's opponent a mere pawn, especially in a real-time strategy games.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle French pan ("pledge, security"), apparently from a Germanic language (compare Middle Dutch pant, Old High German pfant).

Noun[edit]

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. 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.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 106:
      Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet [...] I will tolerate some kind of usery.
  4. (rare) A pawn shop, pawnbroker.
Translations[edit]

instance of pawning something

item sold to a pawn shop

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
  • (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock
Translations[edit]

give as security for loan

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

pawn (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of paan.

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]
You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com.

If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions