Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paven

/peɪvən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paven
IPA: /peɪvən/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pavane.

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Firm as a paven road sprang what had seemed a hearse, Meet to uplift the load of a great universe; […]"
"A paven road or gathered tax But partly yield him what he lacks."
"The architecture was bewildering in its multiform complexity: great, sleepy-lidded faces of stone gazed down from the eight-sided towers; fantastic dragon-hybrids writhed entangled coils above portal and arch; many-armed and beast-headed gods thronged the paven ways, lining entire avenues in rank on rank of carven stone idols so innumerable as to suggest pantheons as populous as dynasties."
"After Kelflase a paven road replaced the half-finished horse-track, another sick-bed project, but it was still not fast enough for the king."

Etymology

From pave + -en (past participle ending).

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

pavens (plural)

Rhymes With

haven raven avon craven shaven maven unshaven riboflavin graven javan strathaven

Questions

How do you pronounce paven?: The recorded pronunciation is /peɪvən/.
What does paven mean?: Alternative form of pavane.
Where does paven come from?: From pave + -en (past participle ending).

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