cesspool
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cesspool
- /ˈsɛsˌpuːl/
Where it comes from
From earlier sesspool. Origin uncertain.
Perhaps from Italian cesso (“privy, a toilet”) + English pool. Alternatively, an alteration of English dialectal suspool, from suss, soss (“a 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 (“an air hole”), from soupirer, souspirer (“to sigh, breathe”), from Latin suspirare.
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noun place for sewage
| Español | pozo negro, pozo ciego, fosa séptica |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 糞池 /粪池 fènchí, 糞坑 /粪坑 fènkēng, 污水池 wūshuǐchí |
| Português | fossa |
| Français | fosse d’aisance, fosse |
| Deutsch | Sickergrube, Versitzgrube, Senkgrube |
| Italiano | pozzo nero, fossa biologica, fogna, cesso alla turca |
| Ελληνικά | βόθρος vóthros, καταβόθρα katavóthra |
| Русский | выгребна́я я́ма vygrebnája jáma, сто́чный коло́дец stóčnyj kolódec |
| العربية | بِئْر تَسْرِيب biʔr tasrīb, بَيَّارَة صَرْف, بَالُوعَة bālūʕa |
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title = {cesspool},
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