Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

pavillon

English translation:

pavillion

Added to glossary by Emily Scott
Feb 2, 2019 18:32
5 yrs ago
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French term

pavillon

French to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Modern art
This is from a text talking about an art exhibition, in particular the French section:

"La pensée circule, dans la section française, mais aussi dans ses entours, jusqu’en France et vers l’étranger à travers diverses communautés. La communauté française des designers et architectes du pavillon;"

(later in the text) "ceci a suggéré que le propos s’échappe du pavillon et que des textes, des paroles, des projets soient portés à l’extérieur"

The only translation of "pavillon" that I can find that would fit this context is "roof" (maybe more figurative than literal).
Proposed translations (English)
4 +8 pavillion
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Discussion

Charles Davis Feb 2, 2019:
@Helen If anyone's being prescriptive it's the OED, not me. I'm just reporting what they say. But personally I think they have correctly described the modern consensus on the spelling of this word.

It seems pavilion has been much more common since 1800:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=pavillion,pavi...

But I insist, I'm just drawing attention to this. People must make up their own minds how they want to spell it.
Helen Shiner Feb 2, 2019:
@ Charles My point is you are being very prescriptive, when in the real world usage varies depending on convention, as I said in my answer.
Charles Davis Feb 2, 2019:
The Royal Pavilion in Brighton now uses this spelling, though it used to call itself the Royal Pavillion (up to about 1970, I think).
Charles Davis Feb 2, 2019:
@ Helen As my reference indicates, it is still spelt "pavillion" in proper names of some hotels and theatres, and archaic spellings and usages are entirely typical of Oxford University and other traditional institutions. Some decades ago, "pavillion" was still standard. But that's a separate matter from "pavilion" as a generic term.
Helen Shiner Feb 2, 2019:
@ Charles Tell that to the thousands of hotels, theatres and sports pavillions throughout the land. Just in Oxford, there's the Magdalen College Cricket Pavillion, the Top and Lower Pavillions, and so on.
Charles Davis Feb 2, 2019:
pavilion or pavillion? Like many misspellings, "pavillion" is quite often found, but it is now non-standard and obsolete:

"pavillion (plural pavillions)
Alternative spelling of pavilion (obsolete, except in the names of theatres, hotels, etc.)
Usage notes
The Oxford English Dictionary marks this spelling as "now nonstandard"."
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pavillion

It's listed here:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/common-misspellin...

Proposed translations

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3 mins
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pavillion

This is presumably talking about a biennale or Expo: http://moussemagazine.it/xavier-veilhan-studio-venezia-frenc...

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Note added at 5 mins (2019-02-02 18:37:55 GMT)
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Sometimes spelt pavilion, depending on convention.

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Note added at 6 mins (2019-02-02 18:38:44 GMT)
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http://www.artnews.com/2018/05/21/france-picks-laure-prouvos...
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : Must be. https://www.amc-archi.com/photos/biennale-de-venise-2018-les... (Much more often spelt pavilion.).
14 mins
Thanks, Charles, depends on the building, but if it is the Biennale, then, yes, as I also pointed out.
agree Tony M
15 mins
Thanks, Tony
agree Rachel Fell : http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/news/all-news/island-at... https://www.newforestshow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2... - nor in the 2nd! I thought it had 2 x l but my dico. says x 1
16 mins
Thanks, Rachel, yes. Ha ha, in your first link, they can't decide how to spell it either!
agree Michele Fauble
25 mins
Thanks, Michele
agree Sarah Bessioud
43 mins
Thanks, Sarah.
agree Eric Verdonck
6 hrs
Thanks, Eric
agree writeaway
16 hrs
Thanks, writeaway
agree Tariq Khader
1 day 5 hrs
Thank you, Tariq
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you so much Helen :)"
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