different between pave vs pavs

English

Etymology

From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pav?re (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pav?re, present active infinitive of pavi? (“I beat, strike, ram, tread down”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?v, IPA^(key): /pe?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Verb

pave (third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)

1. (Britain) To cover something with paving slabs.
2. (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
   • 1970, Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi", Ladies of the Canyon

     They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
   • 2011, Rice Baker-Yeboah, The Animal Pathways 1-2 (page 110)

     After two weeks Miguel began to circulate freely about the city in his truck, albeit with the long, chrome-plated pistol cocked and ready on his lap. It wouldn't be for three more years that Gonzo would tell Miguel about the secret leverage that paved his path to freedom.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• EVAP, vape

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish pauæ (Old Norse páfi), from Old Saxon pavos (Middle Low German pawes, paves), from Old French papes, from Latin p?pa (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?v?/, [?p?æ?w?]
• Rhymes: -a?v?

Noun

pave c (singular definite paven, plural indefinite paver)

1. pope

Declension

Derived terms

• pavedømme
• pavehof
• pavelig
• pavestol
• pavevalg

Further reading

• “pave” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “pave” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pav/

Verb

pave

1. inflection of paver:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

pav?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pave?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pave m (definite singular paven, indefinite plural paver, definite plural pavene)

1. pope

Derived terms

• juksepave

Related terms

• pavedømme
• pavelig

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pave m (definite singular paven, indefinite plural pavar, definite plural pavane)

1. pope

Derived terms

• juksepave
• paveleg

Related terms

• pavedøme, pavedømme

English

Noun

pavs

1. plural of pav

Anagrams

• APVs, VAPs