ביטומען

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bitūmen, possibly via German Bitumen or Polish bitumen. Doublet of בעטאָן (beton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈtʊmən/

Noun

ביטומען • (bitumen) m

1. bitumen

References

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