oubliette
See also: oubliëtte
English
WOTD – 18 April 2012
Etymology
Borrowed from French oubliette, from oublier (“to forget”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /uːbliˈɛt/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
oubliette (plural oubliettes)
- A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top. [from 18th c.]
Hypernyms
- dungeon
Translations
dungeon
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Further reading
Dungeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From oublier (“to forget”) + -ette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.bli.jɛt/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
oubliette f (plural oubliettes)
- oubliette [from 14th c.]
Derived terms
- jeter aux oubliettes
- oubliettes de l'histoire
Descendants
- → Dutch: oubliëtte
- → English: oubliette
- → Italian: oubliette
Further reading
- “oubliette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
oubliette f (plural oublietti)
- oubliette