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pissoir

/piːˈswɑː/ UK
/ˈpɪswɑː/ UK

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First attested in 1919. From French pissoir.

noun pissoirs

A public urinal typically found in European, especially French, streets. To tackle the problem of street urination, Parisian authorities introduced the pissoir

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@misc{pissoir_2026,
  title = {pissoir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pissoir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}