pissoir

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1919. From French pissoir. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /piːˈswɑː/, /ˈpɪswɑː/ Rhymes: -ɑː === Noun === pissoir (plural pissoirs) A public urinal typically found in European, especially French, streets. To tackle the problem of street urination, Parisian authorities introduced the pissoir ==== References ==== 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford University Press, →ISBN “Pissoir”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Incorporated, (Can we date this quote?) == Danish == === Etymology === From French pissoir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pesoˈɑː] === Noun === pissoir n (singular definite pissoiret, plural indefinite pissoirer) urinal ==== Declension ==== === References === “pissoir” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === From pisser +‎ -oir. === Noun === pissoir m (plural pissoirs) (slang) bog, john(clarification of this definition is needed) urinal Synonyms: pissotière, urinoir ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: pisoár → Estonian: pissuaar → Finnish: pisoaari → German: Pissoir → Polish: pisuar → Romanian: pisoar → Russian: писсуар (pissuar) → Slovene: pisoar → Turkish: pisuvar → Danish: pissoir === Further reading === “pissoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012