pavement
French, noun/pav.mɑ̃/
pavement is spelled P-A-V-E-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pavement is a French masculine noun meaning “paving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de paver”.
What does pavement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaving
- 2
masculinetiled floor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de paver. 2. Matériaux qu’on emploie pour cet effet et, plus particulièrement, des ouvrages de luxe et de goût qui forment les pavages intérieurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pavement
- pavements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pavement?
- /pav.mɑ̃/
- \pav.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pavement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pavement in French?
pavement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).