bidonville

Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/, /ˈbi.dɔnˌvi.əl/

bidonville (plural bidonvilles)

1. A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
   • 2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63:

     With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.

From bidon (“can, (slang) sham”) +‎ ville (“town”).

• IPA^(key): /bi.dɔ̃.vil/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophone: bidonvilles
• Hyphenation: bi‧don‧ville

bidonville m (plural bidonvilles)

1. shantytown, slum [from 1953]
   • 2005, “Thé à la menthe”, performed by La Caution:

     Première époque bidonville, ambiance clandestine / Dans un bar à Barbès, thé à la menthe, couscous et tajine à la carte

     First age slum, clandestine ambiance / In a bar to barbershop, mint tea, cuscus and tajine on the menu

• → Dutch: bidonville
• → English: bidonville
• → Italian: bidonville
• → Romanian: bidonville, bidonvil

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

Borrowed from French bidonville (“shantytown”).

• IPA^(key): /bi.donˈvil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: bi‧don‧vìlle

bidonville f (invariable)

1. shantytown, slum

   Synonym: baraccopoli

Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville.

bidonville n (plural bidonville-uri)

1. shantytown, slum