"oubliette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /uːbliˈɛt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oubliette.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oubliettes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French oubliette, from oublier (“to forget”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|oubliette}} French oubliette, {{m|fr|oublier||to forget}} oublier (“to forget”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} oubliette (plural oubliettes)
  1. A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top. Categories (topical): Rooms Hypernyms: dungeon Translations (dungeon): hladomorna [feminine] (Czech), vergetelput [masculine] (Dutch), vergeetput [masculine] (Dutch), oubliëtte [feminine] (Dutch), ublieto (Esperanto), oubliette [feminine] (French), karcer-kamero (Ido), oubliette [feminine] (Italian), 地下牢 (chikarō) (alt: ちかろう) (Japanese), ублие́т (ublijét) [masculine] (Russian), oubliette [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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