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/
(General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈæʃfɔlt/, /ˈæʃfɛlt/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæsfælt/, /ˈæsfəlt/, /ˈæsfɔːlt/, /ˈæʃfælt/, /ˈæʃfəlt/, /ˈæʃfɔːlt/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsfɔlt/, /ˈæʃfɔlt/
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Noun

asphalt (countable and uncountable, plural asphalts)

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

Derived terms

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)

Mandarin: 瀝青 (zh), 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)
Hebrew: אספלט‎ (he) m (asfalt)
Hungarian: aszfalt (hu)
Ido: asfalto (io)
Interlingue: asfalte
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)
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 (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
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: afalte
Irish: asfalt m

Japanese: アスファルト (ja) (asufaruto)
Kurdish:
Sorani: قیرتاو‎ (ku) (qîrtaw)
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)

Verb

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

To pave with asphalt.

Translations

to pave with asphalt

Danish: asfaltere (da)
Dutch: asfalteren (nl)
Greek: ασφαλτοστρώνω (el) (asfaltostróno)
Ido: asfaltizar (io)
Interlingue: asfaltar
Irish: asfalt a chur ar
Italian: asfaltare (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: asfaltere (no)

Nynorsk: asfaltere
Polish: asfaltować (pl)
Russian: асфальти́ровать (ru) impf (asfalʹtírovatʹ), заасфальти́ровать (ru) pf (zaasfalʹtírovatʹ)
Swedish: asfaltera (sv)

References

“asphalt” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

spathal, taplash

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