pavé

[puh-vey, pav-ey; French pa-vey]

noun, plural pa·vés [puh-veyz, pav-eyz; French pa-vey] /pəˈveɪz, ˈpæv eɪz; French paˈveɪ/.

a pavement.

Jewelry. a setting of stones placed close together so as to show no metal between them.

adverb

Jewelry. in the manner of a pavé; as a pavé: diamonds set pavé.

adjective

Also pa·véd, pa·véed. being set pavé: pavé rubies.

Origin of pavé

1755–65; < French, past participle of paver. See pave

Related formsun·paved, adjectivewell-paved, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for pavé

pavé

noun

a paved surface, esp an uneven one

a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows

pave

verb (tr)

to cover (a road, path, etc) with a firm surface suitable for travel, as with paving stones or concrete

to serve as the material for a pavement or other hard layerbricks paved the causeway

(often foll by with) to cover with a hard layer (of)shelves paved with marble

to prepare or make easier (esp in the phrase pave the way)to pave the way for future development

Derived Formspaver, noun

Word Origin for pave

C14: from Old French paver, from Latin pavīre to ram down

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Word Origin and History for pavé

pave

early 14c., "to cover (a street) with stones or other material," from Old French paver "to pave" (12c.), perhaps a back-formation from Old French pavement or else from Vulgar Latin *pavare, from Latin pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (cf. Latin putare "to prune;" Greek paiein "to strike;" Lithuanian piauju "to cut," piuklas "saw"). Related: Paved; paving. The figurative sense of "make smooth" (as in pave the way) is attested from 1580s.