asphalte

See also: Asphalte and asphalté

English

Noun

asphalte (countable and uncountable, plural asphaltes)

  1. Alternative form of asphalt.
    • 1879, G.-L., “Common Sense”, in The Science of Taste: Being a Treatise on Its Principles. […], London: Edward Stanford, […], →OCLC, page 143:
      And I mean by proper paving, that wood or asphalte alone should be laid down.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.falt/
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Noun

asphalte m (plural asphaltes)

  1. asphalt
    Coordinate terms: bitume, macadam

Verb

asphalte

  1. inflection of asphalter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

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