béton

See also: beton, Beton, and betón

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béton

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be.tɔ̃/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French betun, from Vulgar Latin *bittūmen, from Latin bitūmen. Doublet of bitume, a borrowing from Latin.

Noun

béton m (plural bétons)

concrete

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants

→ Dutch: beton
→ Estonian: betoon
→ Finnish: betoni
→ German: Beton m
→ Greek: μπετόν n (betón)
→ Esperanto: betono
→ Hungarian: beton
→ Luxembourgish: Bëtong m
→ Macedonian: бетон m (beton)
→ Malagasy: betro
Norwegian Bokmål: betong m
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: betong m
→ Portuguese: betão m
→ Romanian: beton n
→ Russian: бетон m (beton)
- → Armenian: բետոն (beton)
- → Georgian: ბეტონი (beṭoni)
- → Yakut: бетон (beton)
Serbo-Croatian: beton m / бетон m
→ Swedish: betong c
→ Turkish: beton
→ Persian: بتن (beton)
→ Vietnamese: bê tông

Etymology 2

Verlan form of tomber (“to fall, to drop”).

Verb

béton

(Verlan) to drop

Usage notes

This verb is only used in the infinitive, and almost exclusively as part of the phrase laisse béton, which can be translated as “drop it” or “forget it”.

Further reading

“béton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

bonté

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