bidonville
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville
Pronunciation
[edit]IPA(key): /ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/, /ˈbi.dɔnˌvi.əl/
Noun
[edit]bidonville (plural bidonvilles)
- 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.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bidon (“can, (slang) sham”) + ville (“town”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bidonville m (plural bidonvilles)
- 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
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: bidonville
- → English: bidonville
- → Italian: bidonville
- → Romanian: bidonville, bidonvil
Further reading
[edit]- “bidonville”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bidonville (“shantytown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bidonville f (invariable)
- shantytown, slum
- Synonym: baraccopoli
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville.
Noun
[edit]bidonville n (plural bidonville-uri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | bidonville | bidonvilleul | bidonville-uri | bidonville-urile | |
genitive-dative | bidonville | bidonvilleului | bidonville-uri | bidonville-urilor | |
vocative | bidonvilleule | bidonville-urilor |
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