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pavise

Meaninglarge shield

Common meaning: large shield used by medieval soldiers

Journey through time

  1. Italianpavese‘large shield’source
  2. Frenchpavaissource
  3. Englishpavise‘large shield used by medieval soldiers’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Italian pavese ‘large shield’.

Roots

  • pavese Italian “large shield”

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