cesspool

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

beerput

zinkput

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

fosse

Senkgrube

Jauchegrube

Jauchengrube

fossa

🕳️

fosse d’aisance

βόθρος

pozo negro

pozzo nero

çöplük

Pfuhl

fogna

Güllegrube

mezbele

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsɛsˌpuːl/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.