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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
Noun
בעטאָן • (beton) m
- concrete
Derived terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “בעטאָן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press