pissasphalt

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

pissasphalt

Where it comes from

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

noun pisasphaltum · pisasphalt

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

Translations

Every language

noun material

Français	pissasphalte

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"pissasphalt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pissasphalt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pissasphalt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pissasphalt

Chicago

"pissasphalt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pissasphalt.

BibTeX

@misc{pissasphalt_2026,
  title = {pissasphalt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pissasphalt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}