bitume
See also: bitumé
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bitume (uncountable)
- (poetic, obsolete) bitumen
- 1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Genesis(please specify the chapter):(please specify the verse(s)):
- Thou‥shalt pitch [the arke] within, and without with bitume.
References edit
- “bitume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin bitūmen. Doublet of béton.
Noun edit
bitume m (plural bitumes)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bitume
- inflection of bitumer:
Further reading edit
- “bitume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bitūmen. Doublet of beton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bitume m (usually uncountable, plural bitumi)