pavan

Questions about pavan

What does pavan mean?

pavan means "music composed for dancing the pavane". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pavan?

pavan has 2 syllables: pa-van. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for pavan?

Close synonyms include pavane, pavane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pavan a common word?

pavan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.