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/ X-SAMPA: /"{SfAlt/, /"{sfAlt/
• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈæʃfɛlt/ X-SAMPA: /"{SfElt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæsfɔlt/ X-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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瀝青 (cmn), 沥青 (cmn) (lìqīng)

• Czech: asfalt (cs) m
• 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
• Japanese: アスファルト (ja) (asufaruto), 瀝青 (ja) (れきせい, rekisei)
• Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲರಗು (kn) (kallaragu)
• Latvian: asfalts m
• Nahuatl: chiapopotl (nah)
• Polish: asfalt (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcatrão (pt) m, asfalto (pt) m
• Russian: асфальт (ru) (asfálʹt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: asfalt (sh)
• Spanish: asfalto (es) m
• Turkish: asfalt (tr)

asphalt concrete

• Albanian: asfalt (sq)
• Arabic: أسفلت (ar) (ʾasfalt) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瀝青混凝土 (cmn), 沥青混凝土 (cmn) (lìqīng hùnníngtǔ), 柏油馬路 (cmn), 柏油马路 (cmn) (bóyóu mǎlù) (asphalt road)

• 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:

  Sorani: قیرتاو

• Latvian: asfalts m
• Persian: آسفالت (fa) (âsfâlt)
• Polish: asfalt (pl) m
• Portuguese: asfalto (pt) m
• Russian: асфальт (ru) (asfálʹt) m

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Translations to be checked

• 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) (asfalʹtirovatʹ)

References

• “asphalt” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).