Meanings
nounpavé (plural pavés)
plural pavés
- A paved surface, a pavement (now only in French contexts).
- jewelryA setting of gemstones such that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together.
And most recently, Lauren Sánchez Bezos flaunted a massive oval diamond set in a thin pavé band at her wedding in June.
2025 August 12, Sadiba Hasan, “Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez Are Engaged. All Eyes Are on the Ring.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC - Any of various food items having a rectangular shape.
verbpavé (third-person singular simple present pavés, present participle pavéing, simple past and past participle pavéed or pavéd)
present singular third person pavés · participle present pavéing · participle past pavéed · past pavéed · participle past pavéd · past pavéd
- To arrange gemstones in jewellery so that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together.
Origin
- Middle Frenchpavé
- Middle Frenchpavé
- Englishpavé
Borrowed from Middle French pavé (“pavement”).
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French pavé
- pavérectangular food item
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APA
pavé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pav%C3%A9
MLA
“pavé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pav%C3%A9. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pavé,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pav%C3%A9.
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