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Pissoir

Pissoir

See also: pissoir

German

Noun

Pissoir n (genitive Pissoirs, plural Pissoirs or Pissoire)

  1. urinal

pissoir

pissoir

See also: Pissoir

English

Modern pissoir in Amsterdam.

Noun

pissoir (plural pissoirs)

  1. A public urinal typically found in European, especially French, streets.
    To tackle the problem of street urination, Parisian authorities introduced the pissoir

References

  • 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572
  • 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0425169952
  • “Pissoir”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Incorporated, (Please provide a date or year)

French

Etymology

pisser + -oir

Noun

pissoir m (plural pissoirs)

  1. (slang) bog, john

Synonyms