בעטאָן

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from French béton, possibly via Belarusian бето́н (bjetón), German Beton, Russian бето́н (betón), Ukrainian бето́н (betón). Doublet of ביטומען (bitumen).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəˈtɔn/

Noun

בעטאָן • (beton) m

concrete

Derived terms

אײַזן־בעטאָן (ayzn-beton, “reinforced concrete”)
בעטאָן־מישער (beton-misher)
בעטאָנען (betonen, “made of concrete”)
געשפּאַנטער בעטאָן (geshpanter beton, “prestressed concrete”)

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “בעטאָן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press

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