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
Translations
Verb
pavé (third-person singular simple present pavés, present participle pavéing, simple past and past participle pavéed or pavéd)
- 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/
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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.
Italian
Etymology
From French.
Noun
pavé m (invariable)
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
pavé m (plural pavés)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈbe/ [paˈβ̞e]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: pa‧vé
Noun
pavé m (plural pavés)
- cobblestone street
- Synonym: pavés
Further reading
- “pavé”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN