paver

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See also: påver

English

Etymology

From pave +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

Concrete paver blocks

paver (plural pavers)

  1. A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home.
    Synonyms: paver block, paving block, paving stone, flagstone
    red brick pavers
  2. One who paves; one who lays pavement.

Translations

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Danish

Noun

paver c

  1. indefinite plural of pave

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”), from Proto-Italic *pawjō, from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

Verb

paver

  1. to cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something similar
  2. (Canada, Quebec) to pave in any sense (including with asphalt, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of paver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple paver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pavant
/pa.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pavé
/pa.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pave
/pav/ 		paves
/pav/ 		pave
/pav/ 		pavons
/pa.vɔ̃/ 		pavez
/pa.ve/ 		pavent
/pav/
imperfect pavais
/pa.vɛ/ 		pavais
/pa.vɛ/ 		pavait
/pa.vɛ/ 		pavions
/pa.vjɔ̃/ 		paviez
/pa.vje/ 		pavaient
/pa.vɛ/
past historic2 pavai
/pa.ve/ 		pavas
/pa.va/ 		pava
/pa.va/ 		pavâmes
/pa.vam/ 		pavâtes
/pa.vat/ 		pavèrent
/pa.vɛʁ/
future paverai
/pa.vʁe/ 		paveras
/pa.vʁa/ 		pavera
/pa.vʁa/ 		paverons
/pa.vʁɔ̃/ 		paverez
/pa.vʁe/ 		paveront
/pa.vʁɔ̃/
conditional paverais
/pa.vʁɛ/ 		paverais
/pa.vʁɛ/ 		paverait
/pa.vʁɛ/ 		paverions
/pa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		paveriez
/pa.və.ʁje/ 		paveraient
/pa.vʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pave
/pav/ 		paves
/pav/ 		pave
/pav/ 		pavions
/pa.vjɔ̃/ 		paviez
/pa.vje/ 		pavent
/pav/
imperfect2 pavasse
/pa.vas/ 		pavasses
/pa.vas/ 		pavât
/pa.va/ 		pavassions
/pa.va.sjɔ̃/ 		pavassiez
/pa.va.sje/ 		pavassent
/pa.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pave
/pav/ 		— pavons
/pa.vɔ̃/ 		pavez
/pa.ve/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

paver m

  1. indefinite plural of pave
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