bitume

See also: bitumé

English

Etymology

French bitume

Noun

bitume (uncountable)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) bitumen
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bitume in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bitūmen. Doublet of béton, an older borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.tym/
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Noun

bitume m (plural bitumes)

  1. bitumen

Derived terms

Verb

bitume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bitumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of bitumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bitumer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of bitumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of bitumer

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bitūmen.

Noun

bitume m (plural bitumi)

  1. bitumen, tar

Synonyms

References
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