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

1. 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