pavé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French pavé (“pavement”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æveɪ, -eɪ
Noun
pavé (plural pavés)
- A paved surface, a pavement (now only in French contexts).
- A setting of gemstones such that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together.
- Any of various food items having a rectangular shape.
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ve/
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Noun
pavé m (plural pavés)
- cobblestone
- Sous les pavés, la plage ! (May '68 slogan) ― Under the cobblestones, the beach!
- cobblestone street
- (geometry) parallelepiped
- pavé (rectangular food)
- (informal) thick, massive book; doorstop
- Synonym: brique
- (informal) screed, ream, long text
- Synonym: tartine
Derived terms
- nymphe du pavé
- pavé dans la mare
- pavé numérique
- pavé tactile
- tenir le haut du pavé
Participle
pavé (feminine pavée, masculine plural pavés, feminine plural pavées)
- 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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