pavement

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English pament, from Anglo-Norman pavement and reinforced by Middle French pavement; both from Latin pavīmentum (“paved surface or floor”), from pavīre (“to beat, to ram, to tread down”). Morphologically pave +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/ Rhymes: -eɪvmənt Hyphenation: pave‧ment === Noun === pavement (usually uncountable, plural pavements) (now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. [from 13th c.] (chiefly UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Mid-Atlantic US, countable) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. [from 18th c.] Synonyms: (American English) sidewalk, (Australia, New Zealand and India) footpath, (Borrowed from French) trottoir (now chiefly Canada, US) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.] (now chiefly Canada, US) The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot. Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings. (architecture) The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === pavement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French pavement, from the verb paver +‎ -ment, based on Latin pavimentum (“a hard surface, a pounded surface”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pav.mɑ̃/ === Noun === pavement m (plural pavements) paving tiled floor === Further reading === “pavement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === paver +‎ -ment, based on Latin pavimentum (“a hard surface, a pounded surface”). === Noun === pavement oblique singular, m (oblique plural pavemenz or pavementz, nominative singular pavemenz or pavementz, nominative plural pavement) a paved room ==== Descendants ==== French: pavement → Middle English: pament, pauement, pawment, pavmentEnglish: pavement→ Welsh: palmant, palment, paement