betong

betong n (genitive singular betongs, uncountable)

1. concrete (building material)

Borrowed from French béton (“concrete”), from Latin bitūmen (“asphalt”), from Gaulish [Term?].

betong m (definite singular betongen, uncountable)

1. concrete (a building material)

Borrowed from French béton (“concrete”), from Latin bitūmen (“asphalt”), from Gaulish [Term?].

betong m (definite singular betongen, uncountable)

1. concrete (a building material)

• betongbil
• betongblandar
• betongblandemaskin
• betongsag

Borrowed from French béton (“concrete”), from Latin bitūmen (“asphalt”), from Gaulish [Term?].

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betong c

1. concrete (a building material)
   • 1998, Ayo, “Betongdjungelboken [The Concrete Jungle Book]”, in Föder Nåt Nytt [Giving Birth to Something New]‎^[1]:

     Känn dig aldrig fången i förortsbetongen. Det spelar ingen roll vem du är.

     Never feel trapped in the suburban concrete. It doesn't matter who you are.

2. (slang, in the definite "betongen") synonym of orten (“the suburbs, "the hood"”)

• betongblandare (“concrete mixer”)
• betongparti

• betong in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• betong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• betong in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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