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/

• Audio:

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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

• → German: Asphalt
• → Ottoman Turkish: آسفالت (asfalt)
  • Turkish: asfalt
  • → Laz: ასჶალთი (asfalti)
• → Romanian: asfalt
• → Russian: асфальт (asfalʹt), асфа́льтъ (asfálʹt) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: ասֆալտ (asfalt)
  • → Georgian: ასფალტი (aspalṭi)
  • → Iranian Persian: آسْفالْت (âsfâlt)
  • → Tajik: асфалт (asfalt)

Further reading

• “asphalte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.