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pavé

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See also: pave, påve, and pavê

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French pavé (pavement).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pavé (plural pavés)

  1. A paved surface, a pavement (now only in French contexts).
  2. A setting of gemstones such that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together.
  3. Any of various food items having a rectangular shape.

Derived terms

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Verb

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pavé (third-person singular simple present pavés, present participle pavéing, simple past and past participle pavéed or pavéd)

  1. To arrange gemstones in jewellery so that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together.

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pa.ve/
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Noun

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pavé m (plural pavés)

  1. cobblestone
    Sous les pavés, la plage ! (May '68 slogan)Under the cobblestones, the beach!
  2. cobblestone street
  3. (geometry) parallelepiped
  4. pavé (rectangular food)
  5. (informal) thick, massive book; doorstop
    Synonym: brique
  6. (informal) screed, ream, long text
    Synonym: tartine

Derived terms

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Participle

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pavé (feminine pavée, masculine plural pavés, feminine plural pavées)

  1. past participle of paver

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From French.

Noun

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pavé m (invariable)

  1. cobblestone
  2. cobblestone road

Norman

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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pavé m (plural pavés)

  1. (Jersey) pavement

Synonyms

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