pavement

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable, usually) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
2. (Canada, Ireland, Mid-Atlantic, South-Africa, UK, US, countable, usually) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
3. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
4. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
5. (uncountable, usually) Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.
6. (uncountable, usually) Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.

Concepts

trottoir

chaussée

pavé

pavement

revêtement

dallage

rue pavée

surface d’une route

rue goudronnée

carrelage

Synonymes

sidewalk

footpath

paving

sidewalk

walkway

footway

pathway

paving material

road surface

paving stone

road

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roadway

service road

access road

side walk

side-walk

surfacing

cobblestone pavement

flat rock

paved road

public road

paved street

concrete road

paved ground

overlayer

covering surface

area under canopy

shoulder

blanket

causeway

decking

facing

flooring

highway

macadamized road

overlap

Traductions

marciapiede

acera

Bürgersteig

calçada

Gehweg

trottoir

stoep

πεζοδρόμιο

vorera

Gehsteig

pavimento

Pflaster

Trottoir

vereda

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pament

In summary

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.

Phrases

The pavement collapsed earlier this morning , injuring an old lady heading for the market .

Le trottoir s'est effondré plus tôt ce matin, blessant une vieille dame se dirigeant vers le marché.