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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛsˌpuːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cesspool.wav Forms: cesspools [plural]
Etymology: From earlier sesspool. Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Italian cesso (“privy, toilet”) + English pool. Alternatively, an alteration of English dialectal suspool, from suss, soss (“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 (“air hole”), from soupirer, souspirer (“to sigh, breathe”), from Latin suspirare. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|it|cesso|t=privy, toilet}} Italian cesso (“privy, toilet”), {{m+|en|pool}} English pool, {{compound|en|soss|pool|alt1=suss, soss|t1=puddle; mire}} suss, soss (“puddle; mire”) + pool, {{der|en|enm|suspiral}} Middle English suspiral, {{der|en|frm|souspirail||air hole}} Middle French souspirail (“air hole”), {{der|en|la|suspirare}} Latin suspirare Head templates: {{en-noun}} cesspool (plural cesspools)
  1. An underground pit where sewage is held. Translations (place for sewage): بِئْر تَسْرِيب (biʔr tasrīb) [masculine] (Arabic), بَيَّارَة صَرْف (alt: bayyāra(t) ṣarf) [feminine] (Arabic), بَالُوعَة (bālūʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), 糞池 (Chinese Mandarin), 粪池 (fènchí) (Chinese Mandarin), 糞坑 (Chinese Mandarin), 粪坑 (fènkēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 污水池 (wūshuǐchí) (Chinese Mandarin), žumpa [feminine] (Czech), beerput [masculine] (Dutch), likakaivo (Finnish), likavesikaivo (Finnish), fosse d’aisance [feminine] (French), fosse [feminine] (French), Jauchegrube [feminine] (German), Jauchengrube [feminine] (German), Senkgrube [feminine] (German), Abfallgrube [feminine] (German), Güllegrube [feminine] (German), Odelgrube [South-German, feminine] (German), βόθρος (vóthros) [masculine] (Greek), καταβόθρα (katavóthra) [feminine] (Greek), pöcegödör (Hungarian), emésztőgödör (Hungarian), pozzo nero (Italian), fossa biologica [feminine] (Italian), fogna [feminine] (Italian), cesso alla turca [masculine] (Italian), ħarrajja [feminine] (Maltese), szambo [neuter] (Polish), fossa [feminine] (Portuguese), выгребна́я я́ма (vygrebnája jáma) [feminine] (Russian), сто́чный коло́дец (stóčnyj kolódec) [masculine] (Russian), poll-caca [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), septička jama [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pozo negro [masculine] (Spanish), pozo ciego (Spanish), avloppsbrunn [common-gender] (Swedish), kloakbrunn [common-gender] (Swedish), poso siyego (Tagalog), poso syego (Tagalog), jiedotasep (Volapük)
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  2. (by extension) A filthy place. Tags: broadly Translations (filthy place): 污穢的地方 (Chinese Mandarin), 污秽的地方 (wūhuì de dìfang) (Chinese Mandarin), läävä (Finnish), cloaque [masculine] (French), porcherie [feminine] (French), Sumpf (German), pöcegödör (Hungarian), fogna [feminine] (Italian), szambo [neuter] (Polish), chiqueiro [masculine] (Portuguese), cloaca [feminine] (Spanish), träsk [neuter] (Swedish), dypöl [common-gender] (Swedish), kloak [common-gender] (Swedish), bok çukuru (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cesspool-en-noun-WZJRkKC6 Disambiguation of 'filthy place': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cesspit, gongpit, cess pool, sesspool Derived forms: cesspipe Coordinate_terms: septic tank

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          "sense": "place for sewage",
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          "ref": "1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, 3rd edition, London, New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., […], published 1892, →OCLC:",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maltese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "biʔr tasrīb",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "بِئْر تَسْرِيب"
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      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "بَيَّارَة صَرْف"
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      "roman": "bālūʕa",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
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      "word": "بَالُوعَة"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "糞池"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fènchí",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "粪池"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "糞坑"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fènkēng",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "粪坑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūshuǐchí",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "污水池"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "žumpa"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "beerput"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "likakaivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "likavesikaivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosse d’aisance"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Jauchegrube"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Jauchengrube"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Senkgrube"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abfallgrube"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Güllegrube"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Odelgrube"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vóthros",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βόθρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katavóthra",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καταβόθρα"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "pöcegödör"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "emésztőgödör"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "pozzo nero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossa biologica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fogna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cesso alla turca"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ħarrajja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "szambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vygrebnája jáma",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "выгребна́я я́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stóčnyj kolódec",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сто́чный коло́дец"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poll-caca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "septička jama"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pozo negro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "pozo ciego"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avloppsbrunn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kloakbrunn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "poso siyego"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "poso syego"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "place for sewage",
      "word": "jiedotasep"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "word": "污穢的地方"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūhuì de dìfang",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "word": "污秽的地方"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "word": "läävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaque"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcherie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "word": "Sumpf"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "word": "pöcegödör"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fogna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "szambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiqueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "träsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dypöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kloak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "filthy place",
      "word": "bok çukuru"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cesspool"
}

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