Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vespasienne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ves-pasi-enne
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A public street urinal in France.

Example Sentences

"Pia loves Rob, she had written it with her lipstick on the walls of the vespasienne in the Rue Colombe, waiting for him to finish, holding her pampered borzoi on the leash."

Etymology

Borrowed from French vespasienne.

Inflected Forms

vespasiennes (plural)

Questions

What does vespasienne mean?: A public street urinal in France.
Where does vespasienne come from?: Borrowed from French vespasienne.

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