pavement

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈpeɪvmənt/ UK /ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/ See IPA manual

Freq #12366

Meanings

1

noun
A paved path at the side of a road for people to walk on.

Children were cycling along the pavement outside the school.
2

noun
A hard, paved surface on the ground.

The rain made the pavement slippery and wet.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a paved path at the side of... sidewalk footpath

2 noun · a hard, paved surface on... paving

Word family

Forms pavements

Derived forms pavementalpavementedpavementingpavementlesspavementlike

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Etymology

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.

pament Middle English pavement Middle French pavīmentum Latin

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# pavement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpeɪvmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/
**Frequency rank:** 12366

## Meanings
1. A paved path at the side of a road for people to walk on.
2. A hard, paved surface on the ground.

## Examples
- Children were cycling along the pavement outside the school.
- The rain made the pavement slippery and wet.

## Derived Forms
- pavemental
- pavemented
- pavementing
- pavementless
- pavementlike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pament
- Root: pavement
- Root: pavīmentum

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Pavement comes 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. Modern senses include a paved path at the side of a road for people to walk on and a hard, paved surface on the ground. The wider word family includes derivatives such as pavemental, pavemented, pavementing, pavementless, and pavementlike.

## Topics
- People & Society

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