pauvret, n.m., -te, n.f., poor creature, poor thing.
pauvreté, n.f., poverty, indigence, need; sorry thing, wretchedness. — n’est pas vice; poverty is no crime. Dire des —; to deal in platitudes.
pavage, n.m., pavement, paving.
pavane, n.f., pavan (dance).
se pavaner, v.r., to strut, to strut along; to stalk proudly; to flaunt.
pavé, n.m., paving-stone; pavement; paved road; road-way, street, streets. Être sur le —; to be without a home; to be on the streets. Battre le —; to idle or lounge about town. Tâter le —; not to walk firmly. Le haut du —; the wall side. Tenir le haut du —; to hold the first rank. Brûler le —; to drive like the wind, to tear along the road. Être sur le — du roi; to be on the king’s highway. Mettre sur le —; to turn into the streets; to turn out of the house; to turn out of employment. Les pavés le disent; the thing is in every one’s mouth.
pavement (pav-mān), n.m., paving; pavement.
paver, v.a., to pave.
pavesade, n.f., (nav.) pavisade.
paveur, n.m., pavier, pavior.