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paver

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See also: påver

English

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Etymology

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From pave +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Noun

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paver c

  1. indefinite plural of pave

French

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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paver

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

Conjugation

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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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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paver m

  1. indefinite plural of pave
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