usine à gaz
French, noun/y.zi.n‿a ɡaz/
usine à gaz is spelled U-S-I-N-E-À-G-A-Z (9 letters). Usine à gaz is a French feminine noun meaning “gasworks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Usine où l’on fabrique du gaz manufacturé”.
What does usine à gaz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegasworks
- 2
derogatoryfeminineRube Goldberg machine, Heath Robinson machine (a complicated contraption which produces a simple or useless product)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Usine où l’on fabrique du gaz manufacturé. 2. Système très complexe. 3. Système surdimensionné au regard de sa tâche.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of usine à gaz
- usines à gaz plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce usine à gaz?
- /y.zi.n‿a ɡaz/
- /y.zi.n‿a ɡɑz/
- \y.zi.n‿a ɡaz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to usine à gaz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.