English Online Dictionary. What means pension? What does pension mean?
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pĕn'shən, IPA(key): /ˈpɛnʃən/
- Rhymes: -ɛnʃən
Noun
pension (plural pensions)
- An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th–17th c.]
- A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms
- (regularly paid gratuity): superannuation
- (payment for accommodations): rent
Hyponyms
- (UK retirement schemes): AVC, buyout policy, FSAVC, GPP, GSHP, GSIPP, personal pension, retirement annuity contract, S2P, SERPS, SIPP, SSAS, stakeholder pension
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned)
- (transitive) To grant a pension to.
- (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Synonyms
- (to force to retire): pension off
Derived terms
- pensionable
Translations
Etymology 2
From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/, /pɑnˈsjoʊn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Noun
pension (plural pensions)
- A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Synonyms
- hotel, hostel, (informal) bed and breakfast, See Thesaurus: lodging place
Hyponyms
- bed and breakfast, half-pension, full-pension
Coordinate terms
- inn, motel, hotel, board, half-board, full-board
Translations
Anagrams
- nosepin
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pension n (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje n)
- A pension, boarding house
- A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
- The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals
Derived terms
- pensionboerderij
- pensiongast m
- pensionhouder m
- half pension n
- vol pension n
Related terms
- pensionaat n
- pensionair m
- pensionaris m
Descendants
- → Indonesian: pènsiun
Esperanto
Noun
pension
- accusative singular of pensio
Estonian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pˈenʲsion/
Noun
pension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)
- pension
- riiklik pension ― state pension
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pension”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “pension”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- pension in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
Noun
pension f (plural pensions)
- a pension, regularly received payment
- a pension, boarding house
- a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
- board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)
Derived terms
- demi-pension
- fonds de pension
- pension alimentaire
- pensionner
- pensionnaire m
- pensionnat m
- pensionné m
- pension alimentaire
- pension d’état
- pension de retraite
Descendants
- → Belarusian: пансiён (pansijón), пансыён (pansyjón)
- → Bulgarian: пансион (pansion)
- → German: Pension
- → Greek: πανσιόν (pansión)
- → Macedonian: пансио́н (pansión)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پانسیون
- Turkish: pansiyon
- → Romanian: pension
- → Russian: пансио́н (pansión)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: пансѝо̄н
- Latin script: pansìōn
- → Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión)
Further reading
- “pension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- épinons, peinons, pionnes
Middle English
Noun
pension
- Alternative form of pencioun
Old French
Noun
pension oblique singular, f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)
- Alternative form of panssion
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pension.
Noun
pension n (plural pensioane)
- boarding school
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /panˈɧuːn/
Noun
pension c
- pension, retirement
- pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
- pension (a type of accommodation)
Declension
Related terms
See also
- änkekassa
- pantertant
- passion
- pupillkassa
Anagrams
- pionens, spionen
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.
Noun
pension f (invariable)
- pension