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[ English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

[ Noun

Singular pawn

Plural pawns

pawn (plural pawns)

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.

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

[ Translations

chess piece

Bosnian: pješak bs(bs) m., pion bs(bs) m. Breton: pezh gwerin m. Croatian: pješak hr(hr) m. Czech: pěšec cs(cs) m. Dutch: pion nl(nl) m. Esperanto: peono eo(eo) Estonian: ettur et(et) Finnish: sotilas fi(fi) French: pion fr(fr) m. German: Bauer de(de) m. Greek: πιόνι el(el) n. (píoni) Hebrew: חייל he(he) m.

Norwegian: bonde no(no) m. Korean: 폰 (pon), Oriental chess: 졸 (jol, 卒) Persian: سرباز fa(fa) Polish: pionek pl(pl) m. Portuguese: peão pt(pt) m. Russian: пешка ru(ru) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: пешак m., пион m. Roman: pešak m., pion m. Slovak: pešiak sk(sk) m. Slovene: kmet sl(sl) m. Spanish: peón es(es) m. Swedish: bonde sv(sv) c.

someone who is being manipulated

Dutch: pion m., kleine man m. French: pion fr(fr) m. Finnish: pelinappula fi(fi) German: Bauer m. (rarely)

Norwegian: brikke no(no) m. Polish: pionek pl(pl) m. Portuguese: peão pt(pt) m. Russian: пешка ru(ru) f. Spanish: peón es(es) m. Swedish: bonde sv(sv) c.

type of shop

Dutch: pandjes, pandjeshuis n. Esperanto: garantipruntejo eo(eo), lombardejo eo(eo) German: Pfandleiher m. Hebrew: חנות משכונות he(he) f., בית עבוט he(he) m.

Korean: 고물상 (古物商, gomulsang) Norwegian: pantelåner no(no) m. Portuguese: topa pt(pt)-tudo pt(pt) Spanish: casa de empeños es(es) m.

item sold to a pawn shop

Dutch: pand n. French: occasion fr(fr) f.

German: Pfand de(de) n. Norwegian: pant no(no) n.

instance of selling to a pawn shop

Dutch: verpanding f. Finnish: panttaus

German: Verpfändung f. Norwegian: pantsette no(no)

[ Verb

Infinitive to pawn

Third person singular pawns

Simple past pawned

Past participle pawned

Present participle pawning

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

1. to sell something to a pawn shop.
2. (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

to sell something to a pawn shop

Dutch: verpanden nl(nl) German: verpfänden de(de)

Romanian: a amaneta ro(ro) Spanish: empeñar es(es)