asphalt

See also: Asphalt

English

Alternative forms

• asphalte

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃfɑlt/, /ˈæsfɑlt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃfɔlt/, /ˈæʃfɛlt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæsfɔlt/, /ˈæʃfɔlt/

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Noun

asphalt (countable and uncountable, 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. asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

sticky, black and highly viscous liquid

• Albanian: asfalt (sq)
• Basque: asfalto
• Bulgarian: асфа́лт m (asfált)
• Catalan: asfalt (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蠟青／蜡青 (laap⁶ ceng¹), 蜡青 (laap⁶ ceng¹)

  Mandarin: 瀝青／沥青 (zh) (lìqīng), 沥青 (zh) (lìqīng)

• Czech: asfalt (cs) m
• Esperanto: asfalto (eo)
• Finnish: bitumi (fi)
• French: asphalte (fr) m
• German: Asphalt (de) m
• Greek: άσφαλτος (el) f (ásfaltos)

  Ancient: ἄσφαλτος f (ásphaltos)

• Hebrew: אספלט (he) m (asfalt)
• Hungarian: aszfalt (hu)
• Ido: asfalto (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: asfalt m
• Italian: asfalto (it) m, bitume (it) m
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• Japanese: アスファルト (ja) (asufaruto), 瀝青 (れきせい, rekisei)
• Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲರಗು (kn) (kallaragu)
• Latin: bitūmen n, asphaltum n (Late)
• Latvian: asfalts m
• Nahuatl: chiapopotl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asfalt (no) m

  Nynorsk: asfalt m

• Polish: asfalt (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcatrão (pt) m, asfalto (pt) m
• Russian: асфа́льт (ru) m (asfálʹt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀сфалт m

  Roman: àsfalt (sh) m

• Spanish: asfalto (es) m
• Swedish: asfalt (sv) c
• Tagalog: aspalto
• Turkish: asfalt (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhựa đường (vi)

asphalt concrete

• Albanian: asfalt (sq)
• Arabic: أَسْفَلْت m (ʔasfalt)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: asfalt (cs) m
• Danish: asfalt (da) c
• Dutch: asfalt (nl) n
• Faroese: asfalt n
• Finnish: asfaltti (fi)
• French: asphalte (fr) m
• German: Asphalt (de) m
• Greek: άσφαλτος (el) f (ásfaltos)
• Icelandic: malbik (is) n, asfalt n
• Interlingue:
• Irish: asfalt m
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• Japanese: アスファルト (ja) (asufaruto)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latvian: asfalts m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asfalt (no) m

  Nynorsk: asfalt m

• Persian: آسفالت (fa) (âsfâlt)
• Polish: asfalt (pl) m
• Portuguese: asfalto (pt) m
• Russian: асфа́льт (ru) m (asfálʹt)
• Spanish: hormigón asfáltico m
• Swedish: asfalt (sv) c
• Tagalog: aspalto

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Translations to be checked

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} asfalt (sv)
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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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鋪瀝青／铺沥青, 铺沥青 (pū lìqīng); 上瀝青／上沥青, 上沥青 (shàng lìqīng)

• Danish: asfaltere (da)
• Dutch: asfalteren (nl)
• Greek: ασφαλτοστρώνω (el) (asfaltostróno)
• Ido: asfaltizar (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: asfalt a chur ar
• Italian: asfaltare (it)
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• Mongolian: барагшиндах (mn) (baragšindax), асфальтдах (asfalʹtdax)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asfaltere (no)

  Nynorsk: asfaltere

• Polish: asfaltować (pl)
• Russian: асфальти́ровать (ru) impf (asfalʹtírovatʹ), заасфальти́ровать (ru) pf (zaasfalʹtírovatʹ)
• Swedish: asfaltera (sv)
• Tuvan: асфальтылаар (asfalʹtılaar)
• Yakut: асфаллаа (asfallaa), аспааллаа (aspaallaa)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “asphalt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• spathal, taplash