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

• nymph of the pavé

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

• EVAP, vape

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. (informal) thick, massive book; doorstop

   Synonym: brique

6. (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)

1. 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)

1. cobblestone
2. cobblestone road

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

pavé m (plural pavés)

1. (Jersey) pavement

Synonyms

• trottouaithe