pavé

See also: pave, påve, and pavê

English

Etymology

From Middle French pavé (“pavement”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æveɪ, -eɪ

Noun

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

• nymph of the pavé

Anagrams

• EVAP, vape

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ve/

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Noun

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. (colloquial) a thick book, a long text

Derived terms

• nymphe du pavé
• pavé dans la mare
• pavé numérique
• pavé tactile
• tenir le haut du pavé

Participle

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

1. past participle of paver

Further reading

• “pavé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From French.

Noun

pavé m (invariable)

1. cobblestone
2. cobblestone road

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

pavé m (plural pavés)

1. (Jersey) pavement

Synonyms

• trottouaithe