asphalte
French, noun
asphalte is spelled A-S-P-H-A-L-T-E (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asphalte is a French masculine noun meaning “asphalt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of asphalter. With an accent, asphalté is a different word: “past participle of asphalter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bitume compact, noir et luisant, très fusible, que l’on trouve à la surface de quelques lacs, et…”.
What does asphalte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasphalt
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of asphalter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bitume compact, noir et luisant, très fusible, que l’on trouve à la surface de quelques lacs, et particulièrement sur la mer Morte ou lac Asphaltite dans l’ancienne Judée. 2. Béton bitumineux dont on recouvre, dans les grandes villes, la chaussée des rues. 3. La chaussée elle-même.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of asphalte
- asphaltes plural
- asphaltée feminine
- asphaltés masculine plural
- asphaltées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to asphalte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asphalte in French?
asphalte appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).