septic tank

English

A septic tank

Noun

septic tank (plural septic tanks)

1. A small-scale watertight treatment system for domestic sewage in which the flow is slowed to allow sedimentation and sludge digestion by bacteria to take place.
2. (Australian rhyming slang, Cockney rhyming slang) Yank (American person).

Synonyms

• (domestic sewage system): cesspit, cesspool
• (rhyming slang for Yank): Seppo

Derived terms

• Seppo

Translations

watertight treatment system for domestic sewage

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 化糞池／化粪池 (zh) (huàfènchí), 化粪池 (zh) (huàfènchí)

• Czech: septik m
• Finnish: sakokaivo (fi) (underground), saostussäiliö (above ground), septitankki (fi) (small scale, as in vehicle)
• French: fosse septique (fr) f
• German: Klärgrube (de) f
• Greek: βόθρος (el) m (vóthros)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: fossa biologica f
• Japanese: 浄化槽 (じょうかそう, jōkasō)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: septiktank m

  Nynorsk: septiktank m

• Polish: szambo (pl) n
• Russian: се́птик (ru) m (sɛ́ptik), отстойник (ru) m (otstojnik)
• Spanish: fosa séptica f
• Tagalog: poso negro
• Turkish: foseptik (tr), lağım çukuru
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אָפּגאַנגגרוב m (opganggrub)

slang: Yank — see Yank

Further reading

• septic tank on Wikipedia.Wikipedia