betoon

From Dutch betonen, from Middle Dutch betonen. Equivalent to be- +‎ toon.

• IPA^(key): [bətuən]

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betoon (present betoon, present participle betoonende, past participle gebetoon)

1. to show, display

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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betoon

1. first-person singular present indicative of betonen
2. imperative of betonen

Borrowed from French béton (“concrete”), from Latin bitūmen (“asphalt”).

betoon (genitive betooni, partitive betooni)

1. concrete (building material)