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7-letter words (3 found)

PENSION,PINONES,SPINONE,

6-letter words (4 found)

OPINES,PENNIS,PINONS,PONIES,

5-letter words (24 found)

EOSIN,INSPO,NEONS,NINES,NOISE,NONES,NONIS,OPENS,OPINE,OPSIN,PEINS,PENIS,PENNI,PEONS,PINES,PINON,PIONS,POISE,PONES,PSION,SNIPE,SNOEP,SONNE,SPINE,

4-letter words (40 found)

EONS,EPOS,INNS,IONS,NEON,NEPS,NIES,NINE,NIPS,NOES,NONE,NONI,NOPE,NOSE,ONES,ONIE,OPEN,OPES,PEIN,PENI,PENS,PEON,PESO,PIES,PINE,PINS,PION,PISE,PISO,POIS,PONE,PONS,POSE,SIEN,SINE,SIPE,SNIP,SONE,SPIE,SPIN,

3-letter words (34 found)

ENS,EON,INN,INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NEP,NIE,NIP,NIS,NON,NOS,OES,OIS,ONE,ONS,OPE,OPS,OSE,PEN,PES,PIE,PIN,PIS,POI,POS,PSI,SEI,SEN,SIN,SIP,SON,SOP,

2-letter words (17 found)

EN,ES,IN,IO,IS,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OP,OS,PE,PI,PO,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 123 words from pension according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pension

pension

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)

  1. 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.]
  2. (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th–19th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th–17th c.]
  4. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
  5. (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)

  1. (transitive) To grant a pension to.
  2. (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)

  1. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
  2. (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)

  1. A pension, boarding house
  2. A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
  3. 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

  1. accusative singular of pensio

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pˈenʲsion/

Noun

pension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)

  1. 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)

  1. a pension, regularly received payment
  2. a pension, boarding house
  3. a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
  4. 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

  1. Alternative form of pencioun

Old French

Noun

pension oblique singular, f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)

  1. Alternative form of panssion

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pension.

Noun

pension n (plural pensioane)

  1. boarding school

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /panˈɧuːn/

Noun

pension c

  1. pension, retirement
  2. pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
  3. 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)

  1. pension

Source: wiktionary.org