bitumen

Etymology
From, , from. .

Noun

 * 1) A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
 * 2)  Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
 * 3)  Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
 * 4)  Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
 * 1)  Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
 * 2)  Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.

Synonyms

 * , Jew’s lime, Jew’s pitch, Jew’s slime,

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: битум
 * Catalan: betum
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄσφαλτος
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 歴青, 瀝青
 * Latin: bitūmen
 * Polish: bitum, bitumin,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: bìth, teàrr
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Yiddish: ביטומען

Verb

 * 1) To cover or fill with bitumen.

Etymology
From, from , which later influenced the spelling.

Noun

 * , mineral pitch

Etymology
From, from , from.

Alternative forms

 * bitumén

Etymology
From, from , borrowed from an language, traditionally assumed to be a  one (compare ), where the shift of *gʷ to b is regular. The raising of the first vowel might come from the Osco-Umbrian variety, or have been developed in Latin, as occasionally happens after labials; compare,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mineral pitch, bitumen

Descendants
Reflexes of an assumed variant :

Borrowings:



Etymology
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Noun

 * , blacktop

Etymology
, from.

Etymology
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