bidonville
English
Etymology
French bidonville
Noun
bidonville (plural bidonvilles)
- A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
- 2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63:
- With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.
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French
Etymology
From bidon (“can, (slang) sham”) + ville (“town”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.dɔ̃.vil/
- (France)
(file) - Homophone: bidonvilles
- Hyphenation: bi‧don‧ville
Noun
bidonville m (plural bidonvilles)
- shantytown, slum [from 1953]
- 2005, “Thé à la menthe”, performed by La Caution:
- Première époque bidonville, ambiance clandestine / Dans un bar à Barbès, thé à la menthe, couscous et tajine à la carte
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Descendants
- → Dutch: bidonville
- → Italian: bidonville
- → Romanian: bidonvil
Further reading
- “bidonville”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bidonville (“shantytown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.donˈvil/
- Rhymes: -il
- Hyphenation: bi‧don‧vìlle
Noun
bidonville f (invariable)
- shantytown, slum
- Synonym: baraccopoli
Romanian
Etymology
From French bidonville.
Noun
bidonville n (plural bidonville-uri)
- shantytown, slum
Declension
Declension of bidonville
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) bidonville | bidonvilleul | (niște) bidonville-uri | bidonville-urile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) bidonville | bidonvilleului | (unor) bidonville-uri | bidonville-urilor |
| vocative | bidonvilleule | bidonville-urilor | ||