macadam
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), who invented the process of macadamization. Used for describing road surfaces originally constructed using the McAdam method, but now sometimes used for any road or street.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈkædəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]macadam (countable and uncountable, plural macadams)
- (uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
- (US, dated, countable) Any road or street.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]surface of a road
Verb
[edit]macadam (third-person singular simple present macadams, present participle macadaming or macadamming, simple past and past participle macadamed or macadammed)
- (transitive) To cover or surface with macadam.
See also
[edit]Further reading
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]macadam m (plural macadams)
Further reading
[edit]- “macadam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French macadam or German Makadam.
Noun
[edit]macadam n (plural macadamuri)
- macadam (surface of a road)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | macadam | macadamul | macadamuri | macadamurile | |
| genitive-dative | macadam | macadamului | macadamuri | macadamurilor | |
| vocative | macadamule | macadamurilor | |||
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]macadam m (plural macadams or macadam)
Further reading
[edit]- “macadam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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