noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
anërrugë
— surface of road
Aramaic:
ܪܨܦܐ
— surface of road
Belarusian:
мастава́я
(mastavája)
— surface of road
Belarusian:
брук
(bruk)
— surface of road
Belarusian:
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— surface of road
Bulgarian:
пава́ж
(paváž)
— surface of road
Bulgarian:
насти́лка
(nastílka)
— surface of road
Bulgarian:
пло́чник
(plóčnik)
— surface of road
Catalan:
paviment
— surface of road
Czech:
vozovka
— surface of road
Danish:
vejbelægning
— surface of road
Danish:
brolægning
— surface of road
Dutch:
wegdek
— surface of road
Dutch:
wegverharding
— surface of road
Dutch:
verharding
— surface of road
Dutch:
plaveisel
— surface of road
Esperanto:
pavimo
— surface of road
Finnish:
tiepäällyste
— surface of road
Finnish:
päällyste
— surface of road
French:
revêtement
— surface of road
French:
chaussée
— surface of road
Galician:
pavimento
— surface of road
German:
Asphalt
— surface of road
German:
Pflaster
— surface of road
German:
Steinpflaster
— surface of road
German:
Kopfsteinpflaster
— surface of road
German:
Straßenpflaster
— surface of road
German:
Strassenpflaster
— surface of road
German:
Straßenbelag
— surface of road
German:
Strassenbelag
— surface of road
German:
Fahrbahndecke
— surface of road
Greek:
πλακόστρωτο
(plakóstroto)
— surface of road
Hebrew:
מִסָּעָה
(misa'a)
— surface of road
Hungarian:
útburkolat
— surface of road
Hungarian:
kövezet
— surface of road
Indonesian:
turapan
— surface of road
Interlingua:
pavimento
— surface of road
Italian:
pavimentazione stradale
— surface of road
Italian:
pavimentazione
— surface of road
Italian:
manto
— surface of road
Italian:
manto stradale
— surface of road
Italian:
superficie
— surface of road
Central Kurdish:
بەردڕێز
(berdrrêz)
— surface of road
Latin:
pavīmentum
— surface of road
Macedonian:
плочник
(pločnik)
— surface of road
Malay:
turapan
— surface of road
Norwegian Bokmål:
brolegging
— surface of road
Norwegian Bokmål:
brulegging
— surface of road
Norwegian Bokmål:
brolegning
— surface of road
Norwegian Bokmål:
brulegning
— surface of road
Norwegian Bokmål:
steinlegging
— surface of road
Norwegian Nynorsk:
brulegging
— surface of road
Norwegian Nynorsk:
steinlegging
— surface of road
Pohnpeian:
peip
— surface of road
Polish:
nawierzchnia
— surface of road
Polish:
bruk
— surface of road
Portuguese:
pavimento
— surface of road
Romanian:
pavaj
— surface of road
Russian:
мостова́я
(mostovája)
— surface of road
Russian:
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— surface of road
Serbo-Croatian:
плочник
— surface of road
Serbo-Croatian:
pločnik
— surface of road
Spanish:
pavimento
— surface of road
Spanish:
pavimiento
— surface of road
Swedish:
stenläggning
— surface of road
Turkish:
kaldırım
— surface of road
Ukrainian:
мостова́
(mostová)
— surface of road
Ukrainian:
брукі́вка
(brukívka)
— surface of road
Ukrainian:
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— surface of road
Vietnamese:
vỉa hè
— surface of road
Bulgarian:
насти́лка
(nastílka)
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
Czech:
dlažba
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
French:
pavement
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
Galician:
pavimento
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
German:
Pflaster
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
Hebrew:
מִרְצֶפֶת
(mirtséfet)
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
Polish:
bruk
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
Russian:
мощёный пол
(moščónyj pol)
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
Spanish:
pavimento
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
Spanish:
pavimiento
— interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings
