usine à gaz

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /y.zi.n‿a ɡaz/, /y.zi.n‿a ɡɑz/
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Noun

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usine à gaz f (plural usines à gaz)

  1. gasworks
  2. (derogatory) Rube Goldberg machine, Heath Robinson machine (a complicated contraption which produces a simple or useless product)