"spittoon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɪˈtuːn/ Audio: En-us-spittoon.oga Forms: spittoons [plural]
Etymology: From spit + -oon. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|spit|-oon}} spit + -oon Head templates: {{en-noun}} spittoon (plural spittoons)
  1. A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff. Wikipedia link: spittoon Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: cuspidor, gaboon, gaboon, spitbox, spit bucket, spitoon Translations (receptacle for spit): плюва́лник (pljuválnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escopidora [feminine] (Catalan), 痰壺 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 痰壶 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 痰罐 (taam⁴ gun³) (Chinese Cantonese), 痰盂罐 (taam⁴ jyu⁴ gun³) (Chinese Cantonese), 痰盂 (tányú) (Chinese Mandarin), 痰桶 (tántǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 唾壺 (Chinese Mandarin), 唾壶 (tuòhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 痰罐 (tánguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 痰盒 (tánhé) (Chinese Mandarin), plivátko [neuter] (Czech), spyttebakke [common-gender] (Danish), kwispedoor (Dutch), kraĉujo (Esperanto), süljekauss (Estonian), sylkykuppi (Finnish), crachoir [masculine] (French), Spucknapf [masculine] (German), πτυελοδοχείο (ptyelodocheío) [neuter] (Greek), થૂંકદાની (thū̃kdānī) (Gujarati), પિકદાની (pikdānī) (Gujarati), tempolong (Indonesian), seileadán [masculine] (Irish), sputacchiera [feminine] (Italian), たんつぼ (tantsubo) (Japanese), 痰壺 (tantsubo) (alt: たんつぼ) (Japanese), 痰壷 (tantsubo) (alt: たんつぼ) (Japanese), ಡವಕೆ (ḍavake) (Kannada), កន្ថោរ (kon thoa) (Khmer), жем (jem) (Kumyk), плукалник (plukalnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), плувалник (pluvalnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ketur (Malay), tempolong (Malay), തുപ്പൽപാത്രം (tuppalpātraṁ) (Malayalam), paepae hūare (Maori), خیودان (xayudân) (Persian), spluwaczka [feminine] (Polish), cuspidor [masculine] (Portuguese), cuspideira [feminine] (Portuguese), escarradeira [feminine] (Portuguese), плева́тельница (plevátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), плева́льница (pleválʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), пљувачница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), пљуваоница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljuvačnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljuvaonica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), escupidera [feminine] (Spanish), ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ (tampolong) (Sundanese), spottkopp [common-gender] (Swedish), spottlåda [common-gender] (Swedish), duraan (Tagalog), luraan (Tagalog), తమ్మతొట్టి (tammatoṭṭi) (Telugu), ಪಡ್ಯ (paḍya) (Tulu), tükürük hokkası (Turkish), плювальниця (pljuvalʹnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), poerlestr [masculine] (Welsh), 痰瓶 (Wu Chinese)
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          "roman": "tuòhú",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
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          "roman": "tánguàn",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "痰罐"
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          "roman": "tánhé",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "痰盒"
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          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "痰瓶"
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          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
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          "roman": "tuppalpātraṁ",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "തുപ്പൽപാത്രം"
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          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "paepae hūare"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "xayudân",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "خیودان"
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          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spluwaczka"
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          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "escarradeira"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "plevátelʹnica",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
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            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
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            "Roman",
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "su",
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          "roman": "tampolong",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "spottkopp"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "spottlåda"
        },
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "duraan"
        },
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "luraan"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "tammatoṭṭi",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "తమ్మతొట్టి"
        },
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          "code": "tcy",
          "lang": "Tulu",
          "roman": "paḍya",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "ಪಡ್ಯ"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "tükürük hokkası"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pljuvalʹnycja",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плювальниця"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        }
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        "spittoon"
      ]
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}
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Gujarati translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kannada translations",
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        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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          "ref": "2003, Marie Jakober, Only Call Us Faithful: A Novel of the Union Underground, page 194:",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "escopidora"
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      "roman": "taam⁴ gun³",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰罐"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "taam⁴ jyu⁴ gun³",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰盂罐"
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      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "痰壺"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
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      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "痰壶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tányú",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰盂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tántǒng",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰桶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "唾壺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuòhú",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "唾壶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tánguàn",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tánhé",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰盒"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰瓶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plivátko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spyttebakke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "kwispedoor"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "kraĉujo"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "süljekauss"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "sylkykuppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crachoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spucknapf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ptyelodocheío",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πτυελοδοχείο"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "thū̃kdānī",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "થૂંકદાની"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "pikdānī",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "પિકદાની"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "tempolong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seileadán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sputacchiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tantsubo",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "たんつぼ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんつぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tantsubo",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰壺"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんつぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tantsubo",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰壷"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ḍavake",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ಡವಕೆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kon thoa",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "កន្ថោរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "jem",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "жем"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plukalnik",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плукалник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pluvalnik",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плувалник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ketur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "tempolong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "tuppalpātraṁ",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "തുപ്പൽപാത്രം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "paepae hūare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xayudân",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "خیودان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spluwaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuspidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuspideira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escarradeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plevátelʹnica",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плева́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pleválʹnica",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плева́льница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пљувачница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "пљуваоница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pljuvačnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pljuvaonica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escupidera"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "roman": "tampolong",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spottkopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spottlåda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "duraan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "luraan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tammatoṭṭi",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "తమ్మతొట్టి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tcy",
      "lang": "Tulu",
      "roman": "paḍya",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ಪಡ್ಯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "tükürük hokkası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pljuvalʹnycja",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плювальниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poerlestr"
    }
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  "word": "spittoon"
}

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