pavillon

[ French pa-vee-yawn ]

noun

, Music.

, plural pa·vil·lons [p, a, -vee-, yawn].

1. the bell of a wind instrument.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pavillon¹

1875–80; < French: literally, pavilion

Example Sentences

The targeted building, the Pavillon des Sources, was one of three constructed when the Radium Institute, now known as the Curie Institute, was established in 1909.

From Science Magazine

A similar pair of monkeys was displayed in 2021 inside the Pavillon Français, a cottage on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles, as part of a show titled “The Lalanne at Trianon.”

From New York Times

Born in Brittany, Gilles Epié trained under some of his country’s most revered chefs — Roger Jaloux, the longtime chef de cuisine for the legendary Paul Bocuse; Alain Senderens, another founding father of nouvelle cuisine — and received a Michelin star for his work at Le Pavillon des Princes in Paris when he was just 22.

From Washington Post

His first dish of the day at the French restaurant Le Pavillon got to his table just before noon.

From Washington Post

Mr. Pépin’s distaste for excess — notwithstanding his early detours into rich, labor-intensive foods, such as when he cooked at New York City’s Le Pavillon, a onetime pinnacle of American haute cuisine — informed not just the simpler cooking he’d later champion but many of his vehicle choices when he first hit the American highway.

From New York Times