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Webster 1913 Edition
Paver
Pav′er
,Noun.
One who paves; one who lays a pavement.
[Written also
pavier
and pavior
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Paver
PA'VER
Definition 2024
paver
paver
English
Noun
paver (plural pavers)
- A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home.
- red brick pavers
- One who paves; one who lays pavement.
Translations
stone used for paving
French
Etymology
From Old French < Vulgar Latin *pavāre < Latin pavīre, present active infinitive of paviō.
Verb
paver
- to cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something similar
- (Canadian) to pave in any sense (including with asphalt, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of paver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | paver | avoir pavé | |||||
| gerund | en pavant | en ayant pavé | |||||
| present participle | pavant /pa.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pavé /pa.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | pavai /pa.ve/ |
pavas /pa.va/ |
pava /pa.va/ |
pavâmes /pa.vam/ |
pavâtes /pa.vat/ |
pavèrent /pa.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | paverai /pa.vʁe/ |
paveras /pa.vʁa/ |
pavera /pa.vʁa/ |
paverons /pa.vʁɔ̃/ |
paverez /pa.vʁe/ |
paveront /pa.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | paverais /pa.vʁɛ/ |
paverais /pa.vʁɛ/ |
paverait /pa.vʁɛ/ |
paverions /pa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
paveriez /pa.və.ʁje/ |
paveraient /pa.vʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pave /pav/ |
paves /pav/ |
pave /pav/ |
pavions /pa.vjɔ̃/ |
paviez /pa.vje/ |
pavent /pav/ |
| imperfect1 |
pavasse /pa.vas/ |
pavasses /pa.vas/ |
pavât /pa.va/ |
pavassions /pa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
pavassiez /pa.va.sje/ |
pavassent /pa.vas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pave /pav/ |
— | pavons /pa.vɔ̃/ |
pavez /pa.ve/ |
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