pavé

See also: pave, påve, and pavê

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Verb

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ve/
  • (file)

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. (informal) thick, massive book; doorstop
    Synonym: brique
  6. (informal) screed, ream, long text
    Synonym: tartine

Derived terms

Participle

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

  1. past participle of paver

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From French.

Noun

pavé m (invariable)

  1. cobblestone
  2. cobblestone road

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

pavé m (plural pavés)

  1. (Jersey) pavement

Synonyms

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