Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pissasphalt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pis-sas-phalt
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These minerals are intimately incorporated with all asphaltum, pissasphalt and petroleum. […] The impregnated sand, A to B, has a nearly horizontal lamination, but is contorted in places by the ascent of the pissasphalt."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pissasphaltus, from Ancient Greek πισσάσφαλτος (pissásphaltos), from πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πισσάσφαλτος

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

pisasphaltum (alternative) pisasphalt (alternative)

Questions

What does pissasphalt mean?: A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
Where does pissasphalt come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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