asphalt

See also Asphalt

English

Alternative forms

• asphalte

Etymology

From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈæʃfɑlt/, /ˈæsfɑlt/ SAMPA: /"{SfAlt/, /"{sfAlt/
• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈæʃfɛlt/ SAMPA: /"{SfElt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæsfɔlt/ SAMPA: /"{sfOlt/

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Noun

Wikipedia Wikipedia asphalt (plural asphalts)

1. A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
2. An abbreviation for asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.

Derived terms

• air-blown asphalt
• asphalt jungle
• asphalt shingle
• asphalt emulsion

Translations

sticky, black and highly viscous liquid

Albanian: asfalt (sq) Basque: asfalto (eu) Catalan: asfalt (ca) Esperanto: asfalto (eo) Finnish: asfaltti (fi) French: asphalte (fr) m. German: Asphalt (de) m. Greek: άσφαλτος (el) (ásfaltos) f. Hebrew: אספלט (he) (asfalt) m. Hungarian: aszfalt (hu)

Italian: asfalto (it) m. Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲರಗು (kn) (kallaragu) Latvian: asfalts m. Nahuatl: chiapopotl (nah) Polish: asfalt (pl) m. Portuguese: alcatrão (pt) m., asfalto (pt) m. Russian: асфальт (ru) (asfál't) m. Serbian: asfalt (sr) Spanish: asfalto (es) m. Turkish: asfalt (tr)

asphalt concrete

Albanian: asfalt (sq) Arabic: اسفلت (ar) (’asfalt) m. Czech: asfalt (cs) m. Dutch: asfalt (nl) n. Finnish: asfaltti (fi) French: asphalte (fr) m. German: Asphalt (de) m.

Greek: άσφαλτος (el) (ásfaltos) f. Japanese: アスファルト (ja) (asufaruto) Kurdish: قیرتاو Latvian: asfalts m. Polish: asfalt (pl) m. Portuguese: asfalto (pt) m. Russian: асфальт (ru) (asfál't) m.

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Swedish: asfalt

See also

• tarmac

Verb

asphalt (third-person singular simple present asphalts, present participle asphalting, simple past and past participle asphalted)

1. To pave with asphalt.

Translations

to pave with asphalt

Dutch: asfalteren (nl)

Greek: ασφαλτοστρώνω (el) (asfaltostróno) Russian: асфальтировать (ru)

References

• “asphalt” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001