Complete Definition of "pawn"

wikipedia
English
Image:Chess pawn 0968.jpg|thumb|A pawn (chess)

Pronunciation
IPA|/p��n/
rhymes|��n

Noun
en-noun

  1. chess The most common chess piece, each side having 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.

  1. A type of shop that allows someone to buy and sell used items.
  2. An item sold to a pawn shop.
  3. An instance of selling to a pawn shop.

See also
w:Chess_piece|Wikipedia article on chess pieces

Translations
trans-top|chess piece
Bosnian: t-|bs|pješak|m, t-|bs|pion|m
Breton: pezh gwerin m
Croatian: t-|hr|pješak|m
Czech: t-|cs|p�šec|m
Dutch: t-|nl|pion|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|peono|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|ettur
Finnish: t+|fi|sotilas
French: t+|fr|pion|m
German: t+|de|Bauer|m
Greek: t+|el|�ι�νι|n|sc=Grek (píoni)
Hebrew: t-|he|����|m|sc=Hebr
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|bonde|m
Korean: ko-inline|�|pon, Oriental chess: ko-inline|졸|4=�|jol
Persian: t+|fa|سرباز|scFAchar|xsPersian
Polish: t-|pl|pionek|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|peão|m
Russian: t+|ru|пе�ка|f|sc=Cyrl
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|pešiak|m
Slovene: t+|sl|kmet|m
Spanish: t+|es|peón|m
Swedish: t+|sv|bonde|c
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trans-top|someone who is being manipulated
Dutch: pion m, kleine man m
French: t+|fr|pion|m
Finnish: t-|fi|pelinappula
German: Bauer m (rarely)
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|brikke|m
Polish: t-|pl|pionek|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|peão|m
Russian: t+|ru|пе�ка|f|sc=Cyrl
Spanish: t+|es|peón|m
Swedish: t+|sv|bonde|c
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trans-top|type of shop
Dutch: pandjes, pandjeshuis n
Esperanto: t-|eo|garantipruntejo|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|lombardejo|xsEsperanto
German: Pfandleiher m
Hebrew: t-|he|�נ�ת �ש��נ�ת|f|scHebr, t-|he|��ת ע���|m|scHebr
trans-mid
Korean: 고물� (���, gomulsang)
Norwegian: t-|no|pantelåner|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|topa-t-|pt|tudo
Spanish: t-|es|casa de empeños|m
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trans-top|item sold to a pawn shop
Dutch: pand n
French: t+|fr|occasion|f
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Pfand|n
Norwegian: t-|no|pant|n
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trans-top|instance of selling to a pawn shop
Dutch: verpanding f
Finnish: panttaus
trans-mid
German: Verpfändung f
Norwegian: t-|no|pantsette
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|Romanian: pion m
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Verb
en-verb

  1. to sell something to a pawn shop.
  2. context|gaming to render one's opponent as a mere pawn, especially in a real-time strategy game

Synonyms
(to sell something at a pawn shop): hock

Translations
trans-top|to sell something to a pawn shop
Dutch: t+|nl|verpanden
German: t-|de|verpfänden
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Romanian: t-|ro|a amaneta
Spanish: t-|es|empeñar
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