asphalte

See also: Asphalte and asphalté

English

Noun

asphalte (countable and uncountable, plural asphaltes)

1. Alternative form of asphalt

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.falt/

• Audio:

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Noun

asphalte m (plural asphaltes)

1. asphalt

   Coordinate terms: bitume, macadam

Verb

asphalte

1. inflection of asphalter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

• → German: Asphalt
• → Ottoman Turkish: آسفالت (asfalt)
  • Turkish: asfalt
  • → Laz: ასჶალთი (asfalti)
• → Romanian: asfalt
• → Russian: асфальт (asfalʹt), асфа́льтъ (asfálʹt) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: ասֆալտ (asfalt)
  • → Georgian: ასფალტი (aspalṭi)
  • → Iranian Persian: آسْفالْت (âsfâlt)

Further reading

• “asphalte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.