poubelle

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French poubelle. === Noun === poubelle (plural poubelles) (rare) A garbage can. == French == === Etymology === From the surname Poubelle, named after Eugène Poubelle, prefect of the Seine (i.e. chief administrator of Paris), who promulgated an ordinance in 1884 that all apartments should have trash cans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pu.bɛl/ === Noun === poubelle f (plural poubelles) rubbish bin, garbage can Synonym: boite à ordures trash, rubbish Synonyms: ordures, déchets ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “poubelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012