béton armé

\be.tɔ̃ aʁ.me\

/\be.tɔ̃ aʁ.me\/ noun

The verdict

“béton armé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matériau de construction constitué d’une armature métallique incorporée dans une masse de béton, de ciment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-beton-arme · béton armé · French

béton armé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for béton armé
PropertyValue
Headwordbéton armé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\be.tɔ̃ aʁ.me\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « béton armé » en français

béton arméreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

béton armé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.tɔ̃ aʁ.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Matériau de construction constitué d’une armature métallique incorporée dans une masse de béton, de ciment.".

béton armé has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is béton armé, spelled B-É-T-O-N- -A-R-M-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matériau de construction constitué d’une armature métallique incorporée dans une masse de béton, de ciment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how béton armé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce crible fournit 4 classes de matériaux : 0-4, 4-10, 10-30, 30-60, qui sont soit déversés dans 4 silos en béton armé, soit ramenés au moyen de goulottes au gravillonneur giratoire Kennedy nᵒ 315 […].
  2. Le gouverneur éhontément corrompu de Saxe, Martin Mutschmann, avait ignoré les appels des officiels de la ville à la construction d'abris solides, même s'il avait fait construire par les SS des bunkers de béton armé sous son bureau et dans le jardin de son domicile.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "béton armé"?
"béton armé" is spelled B-É-T-O-N- -A-R-M-É. The IPA pronunciation is \be.tɔ̃ aʁ.me\.
What does "béton armé" mean?
As a noun, "béton armé" means: Matériau de construction constitué d’une armature métallique incorporée dans une masse de béton, de ciment.
How do you pronounce "béton armé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "béton armé" is \be.tɔ̃ aʁ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "béton armé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list