bidonville

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/, /ˈbi.dɔnˌvi.əl/

Noun

bidonville (plural bidonvilles)

1. 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.

French

Etymology

From bidon (“can, (slang) sham”) +‎ ville (“town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.dɔ̃.vil/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophone: bidonvilles
• Hyphenation: bi‧don‧ville

Noun

bidonville m (plural bidonvilles)

1. 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

     First age slum, clandestine ambiance / In a bar to barbershop, mint tea, cuscus and tajine on the menu

Descendants

• → Dutch: bidonville
• → English: bidonville
• → Italian: bidonville
• → Romanian: bidonville, 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)

1. shantytown, slum

   Synonym: baraccopoli

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville.

Noun

bidonville n (plural bidonville-uri)

1. shantytown, slum

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bidonville	bidonvilleul		bidonville-uri	bidonville-urile
genitive-dative	bidonville	bidonvilleului		bidonville-uri	bidonville-urilor
vocative	bidonvilleule			bidonville-urilor