Pave

English

Verb

Pave (third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)

1. (UK) To cover something with paving slabs
2. (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other covering to make a road for vehicles

Derived terms

• paver
• paving stone
• pave the way
• pavement

Thesaurus

asphalt, blacktop, carpet, causeway, cement, cobblestone, concrete, cover, ease, facilitate, flag, floor, metal, pebble, surface, tar, tarmac, tile

Pronunciation

• enPR: pāv, IPA: /peɪv/, SAMPA: /peIv/

  Rhymes: -eɪv

Translations

to cover (british)

Finnish: kivetä (fi) Italian: lastricare (it), pavimentare (it) Portuguese: pavimentar (pt)

Scottish Gaelic: (floor) ùrlaraich (gd) Spanish: pavimentar (es)

to cover (US)

Finnish: päällystää (fi), kivetä (fi) Portuguese: pavimentar (pt)

Spanish: pavimentar (es)

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Danish

Noun

Pave c. (singular definite Paven, plural indefinite Paver)

1. pope

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paːvə/, [ˈpʰæːwə]

Etymology

From Latin pāpa.

Inflection

    Inflection of Pave

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Pave	Paven	Paver	Paverne
genitive	Paves	Pavens	Pavers	Pavernes

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French

Verb

Pave

1. first-person singular present indicative of paver
2. third-person singular present indicative of paver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of paver
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of paver
5. second-person singular imperative of paver

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pav/

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Latin

Verb

pavē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of paveō