cesspool

Signification (Anglais)

1. An underground pit where sewage is held.
2. (broadly) A filthy place.

Concepts

fosse

fosse d’aisance

cloaque

évier

fosse septique

porcherie

quartier malfamé

fosse d’aisances

puisard

réservoir d'eaux usées

aisance

réservoir des eaux usées

bas-fond

Synonymes

cesspit

sink

sump

sewer

septic tank

gooseneck

latrine

pit

puddle

pervious cesspool

CP

tank for holding excreta

manure sink

waste

lavatory with septic tanks

sanitary provisions

leaching cesspool

manure pit

dump

dugout

fossa

fosse

Traductions

Senkgrube

beerput

Jauchengrube

Jauchegrube

βόθρος

fossa

🕳️

pozo negro

zinkput

çöplük

fogna

pozzo nero

Pfuhl

Güllegrube

mezbele

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɛsˌpuːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From earlier sesspool. Origin uncertain.
Perhaps from Italian cesso (“privy, toilet”) + English pool. Alternatively, an alteration of English dialectal suspool, from suss, soss (“puddle; mire”) + pool. Another possible derivation is from a folk etymology (influence from pool) from earlier cesperalle, alteration of Middle English suspiral, from Middle French souspirail (“air hole”), from soupirer, souspirer (“to sigh, breathe”), from Latin suspirare.