pissoir
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
First attested in 1919. From French pissoir.
Noun [edit]
pissoir (plural pissoirs)
- A public urinal typically found in European, especially French, streets.
- To tackle the problem of street urination, Parisian authorities introduced the pissoir
References [edit]
- 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", Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Incorporated.
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
pissoir m (plural pissoirs)
