asphalt

See also: Asphalt

English

Alternative forms

• asphalte

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæʃfɑlt/, /ˈæsfɑlt/
• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈæʃfɛlt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæsfælt/, /ˈæsfəlt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsfɔlt/

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Noun

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

air-blown asphalt 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
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: asfalt (cs) m
• Esperanto: asfalto (eo)
• Finnish: asfaltti (fi)
• French: asphalte (fr) m
• German: Asphalt (de) m
• Greek: άσφαλτος (el) f ‎(ásfaltos)
• Hebrew: אספלט (he) m ‎(asfalt)
• Hungarian: aszfalt (hu)
• Ido: asfalto (io)

• Irish: asfalt m
• Italian: asfalto (it) m, bitume (it) m
• Japanese: アスファルト (ja) ‎(asufaruto), 瀝青 ‎(れきせい, rekisei)
• Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲರಗು (kn) ‎(kallaragu)
• Latvian: asfalts m
• Nahuatl: chiapopotl
• Polish: asfalt (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcatrão (pt) m, asfalto (pt) m
• Russian: асфа́льт (ru) m ‎(asfálʹt)
• Serbo-Croatian: asfalt (sh)
• Spanish: asfalto (es) m
• Swedish: asfalt (sv) c
• Tagalog: aspalto
• Turkish: asfalt (tr)

asphalt concrete

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

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

• Czech: asfalt (cs) m
• Dutch: asfalt (nl) n
• Faroese: asfalt n
• Finnish: asfaltti (fi)
• French: asphalte (fr) m
• German: Asphalt (de) m
• Greek: άσφαλτος (el) f ‎(ásfaltos)

• Irish: asfalt m
• 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: асфа́льт (ru) m ‎(asfálʹt)
• Spanish: hormigón asfáltico m
• Swedish: asfalt (sv) c
• Tagalog: aspalto

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} 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)
• Ido: asfaltizar (io)

• Italian: asfaltare (it)
• Polish: asfaltować (pl)
• Russian: асфальти́ровать (ru) impf ‎(asfalʹtírovatʹ), заасфальти́ровать (ru) pf ‎(zaasfalʹtírovatʹ)

References

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