asphalt

asphalt

See also: Asphalt

English

asphalt concrete (2) for road surfacing

Alternative forms

• asphalte

Etymology

From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).[1] Displaced native Old English eorþteoru.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæʃfɑlt/, /ˈæsfɑlt/
• (General Australian, 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)

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.

   Synonym: bitumen

   • 1914, Thomas Hugh Boorman, Asphalts, their sources and utilizations, OCLC 1039966507, page 9:

     Felltham wrote in the beginning of the 17th century of the “Bitumated walls of Babylon;” the source of its supply, the fountains of Is, on a tributary of the Euphrates, still yields asphalt.

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

   Synonyms: tarmac, bitumen

   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:

     Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

sticky, black and highly viscous liquid

Albanian: asfalt (sq) Arabic: أَسْفَلْت‎‎ m (ʾasfalt), زِفْت‎ m (zift) Armenian: ասֆալտ (hy) (asfalt) Basque: asfalto Belarusian: асфа́льт m (asfálʹt) Bulgarian: асфа́лт m (asfált) Catalan: asfalt (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 蠟青, 蜡青 (laap6 ceng1) Mandarin: 瀝青／沥青 (zh) (lìqīng) Czech: asfalt (cs) m Danish: asfalt (da) c Dutch: asfalt (nl) n Esperanto: asfalto (eo) Estonian: asfalt (et) Finnish: bitumi (fi) French: asphalte (fr) m Georgian: ასფალტი (ka) (aspalṭi) German: Asphalt (de) m Greek: άσφαλτος (el) f (ásfaltos) Ancient: ἄσφαλτος f (ásphaltos) Hebrew: אַסְפַלְט‎ (he) m (asfált) Hungarian: aszfalt (hu) Ido: asfalto (io) Indonesian: aspal (id) 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) Korean: 아스팔트 (ko) (aseupalteu), 역청(瀝靑) (yeokcheong), 력청(瀝靑) (ryeokcheong) (North Korea) Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲರಗು (kn) (kallaragu) Latin: bitūmen n, asphaltum n (late) Latvian: asfalts m Lithuanian: asfaltas m Macedonian: асфалт m (asfalt) Nahuatl: chiapopotl Norwegian: Bokmål: asfalt (no) m Nynorsk: asfalt m Old English: eorþteoru n Polish: asfalt (pl) m, wyasfaltować pf, zaasfaltować pf Portuguese: alcatrão (pt) m, asfalto (pt) m Romanian: asfalt (ro) n Russian: асфа́льт (ru) m (asfálʹt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̀сфалт m Roman: àsfalt (sh) m Slovak: asfalt m Slovene: asfalt (sl) m Spanish: asfalto (es) m Swedish: asfalt (sv) c Tagalog: aspalto Thai: แอสฟัลต์ Turkish: asfalt (tr) Ukrainian: асфа́льт (uk) m (asfálʹt) Vietnamese: nhựa đường (vi)

asphalt concrete

Albanian: asfalt (sq) Arabic: أَسْفَلْت‎ m (ʾasfalt), زِفْت‎ (zift) Moroccan Arabic: زفت‎ (zift) Armenian: ասֆալտ (hy) (asfalt) Azerbaijani: asfalt (az) Belarusian: асфа́льт m (asfálʹt) Bengali: আস্ফাল্ট (asphalṭô) Bulgarian: асфа́лт m (asfált) Chinese: Mandarin: 瀝青混凝土／沥青混凝土 (lìqīng hùnníngtǔ), 柏油 (zh) (bóyóu) Czech: asfalt (cs) m Danish: asfalt (da) c Dutch: asfalt (nl) n Estonian: asfalt (et) Faroese: asfalt n Finnish: asfaltti (fi) French: asphalte (fr) m Georgian: ასფალტი (ka) (aspalṭi) German: Asphalt (de) m Greek: άσφαλτος (el) f (ásfaltos) Hebrew: אַסְפַלְט‎ (he) m (asfált) Hindi: ऐस्फ़ाल्ट (aisfālṭ) Hungarian: aszfalt (hu) Icelandic: malbik (is) n, asfalt n Irish: asfalt m Italian: asfalto (it) m Japanese: アスファルト (ja) (asufaruto) Kazakh: асфальт (asfalt) Korean: 아스팔트 (ko) (aseupalteu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: قیرتاو‎ (qîrtaw) Northern Kurdish: asfalt (ku) Kyrgyz: асфальт (ky) (asfalʹt) Latvian: asfalts m Lithuanian: asfaltas m Macedonian: асфалт m (asfalt) Mongolian: Cyrillic: асфальт (asfalʹt) Norwegian: Bokmål: asfalt (no) m Nynorsk: asfalt m Old English: eorþteoru n Pashto: اسفالټ‎ (ps) m (asfālṭ) Persian: آسفالت‎ (fa) (âsfâlt) Polish: asfalt (pl) m Portuguese: asfalto (pt) m Romanian: asfalt (ro) n Russian: асфа́льт (ru) m (asfálʹt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̀сфалт m Roman: àsfalt (sh) m Slovak: asfalt m Slovene: asfalt (sl) m Spanish: hormigón asfáltico m Swedish: asfalt (sv) c Tagalog: aspalto Tajik: асфалт (asfalt) Tatar: асфальт (asfal’t) Thai: ยางมะตอย (th) (yaang-má-dtɔi) Turkish: asfalt (tr) Turkmen: asfalt (tk) Ukrainian: асфа́льт (uk) m (asfálʹt) Urdu: اسفالٹ‎ (asfālṭ) Uzbek: asfalt (uz) Vietnamese: nhựa đường (vi)

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To pave with asphalt.

Translations

to pave with asphalt

Armenian: ասֆալտապատել (hy) (asfaltapatel), ասֆալտել (hy) (asfaltel) Catalan: asfaltar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 鋪瀝青／铺沥青 (pū lìqīng); 上瀝青／上沥青 (shàng lìqīng) Danish: asfaltere (da) Dutch: asfalteren (nl) Finnish: asfaltoida (fi) German: asphaltieren (de) Greek: ασφαλτοστρώνω (el) (asfaltostróno) Ido: asfaltizar (io) Irish: asfalt a chur ar Italian: asfaltare (it) Mongolian: барагшиндах (mn) (baragšindax), асфальтдах (asfalʹtdax) Norwegian: Bokmål: asfaltere (no) Nynorsk: asfaltere Polish: asfaltować (pl) impf Russian: асфальти́ровать (ru) impf (asfalʹtírovatʹ), заасфальти́ровать (ru) pf (zaasfalʹtírovatʹ) Spanish: asfaltar (es) Swedish: asfaltera (sv) Tuvan: асфальтылаар (asfalʹtılaar) Yakut: асфаллаа (asfallaa), аспааллаа (aspaallaa)

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “asphalt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• asphalt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• spathal, taplash