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passageway
English
Etymology
passage +? way
Noun
passageway (plural passageways)
- A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- Any way for passing in, out or through something.
Translations
passageway From the web:
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pavement
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman pavement, Middle French pavement, and their source, Latin pav?mentum (“paved surface or floor”), from pavire (“to beat, to ram, to tread down”).
Morphologically pave +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pe?vm?nt/
Noun
pavement (usually uncountable, plural pavements)
- (now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. [from 13th c.]
- (now chiefly Canada, US) The paved part of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway. [from 13th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 53:
- [H]e attempted to recover his importance, by haranguing upon the Roman highways, when Mr. Jolter desired the company to take notice of the fine pavement upon which they travelled from Paris into Flanders […] .
- 1991, Airpower Journal 1911, page 45:
- The antirunway munitions are specifically designed to cause maximum destruction to airfield pavements.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 53:
- (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.
- A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road. [from 18th c.]
- (architecture) The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar. [from 19th c.]
Synonyms
- (footpath): sidewalk (US), footpath, footway, platform
- (surface of road): roadway (US), road surface (US); paving
Derived terms
- hit the pavement
- pavement cafe
- pavement pizza
- pound the pavement
Translations
See also
- footpath
- sidewalk
- pavement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Old French pavement, from the verb paver +? -ment, based on Latin pavimentum (“a hard surface, a pounded surface”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pav.m??/
Noun
pavement m (plural pavements)
- paving
- tiled floor
Further reading
- “pavement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
paver +? -ment, based on Latin pavimentum (“a hard surface, a pounded surface”).
Noun
pavement m (oblique plural pavemenz or pavementz, nominative singular pavemenz or pavementz, nominative plural pavement)
- a paved room
Descendants
- ? English: pavement
- ? Welsh: palmant, paement
- French: pavement
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- pavement what i want
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