pissoir
\pi.swaʁ\
The verdict
“pissoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Cabinet d’aisance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pissoir · pissoir · French
pissoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pissoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pissoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pissoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
pissoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pissoir, spelled P-I-S-S-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1ou Cabinet d’aisance.
- 2Urinoir.
- 3Lieu public pour pisser.
- 4Baquet public pour pisser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pissoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette pièce I est très-petite à la vérité ; mais comme pissoir , elle est suffisante; d'ailleurs on auroit pu la rendre plus grande , sans altérer la construction des murs; […].
Derrière ce poste, la porte tout à fait pourrie d'un cabinet de toilette, ou plutôt d'un pissoir puant dans lequel les condamnés viennent encore pour fumer.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.