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pissoir

pissoir

9.6
A public outdoor urinal that men use to pee
  • noun
  • /pɪˈswɑːr/
  • UK
translation icon : pissoir
  • The last guard post was an old pissoir with the tricolor-and-sun emblem of the Second Commune painted on it.

Examples

  • That was short for pissoir and told everyone exactly, biologically, what he'd be doing when he got there.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Closest most of them get to a gun is standing next to a soldier in the pissoir.

  • I was supposed to go to the pissoir and make a pickup.

  • I was supposed to go to the pissoir and make a pickup.

  • An old cartoon in a pissoir?

  • - That is how you wound up at the pissoir.

  • There was a public pissoir on the corner where men could relieve themselves.

  • He found a pissoir in the park when he urgently needed to go.

  • The old pissoir was located near the busy street, serving many passersby.

Synonyms

restroom
vspissoir
  • US
133 1.0

A public room with toilets and sinks for people to use

is an outdoor single-purpose standing urination fixture rather than a room
urinal
vspissoir
35 3.7

A fixed bowl on a wall in men's toilets for peeing while standing

is usually an outdoor street standing fixture rather than an indoor unit
crapper
vspissoir
  • NSFW
29 9.9

A toilet in informal speech

names a specific outdoor standing urination fixture rather than a general toilet
public toilet
vspissoir
  • UK
7 1.0

A room with toilets and sinks that anyone can use in public places

is instead a single outdoor standing fixture, not a room or building
dunny
vspissoir
  • Slang
1 9.9

An outdoor toilet often in a small building behind a house

refers to an outdoor standing urination fixture rather than an enclosed toilet
public lavatory
vspissoir
2.0

A toilet in a public place that anyone can use

is a single outdoor standing facility rather than a room or building
public convenience
vspissoir
  • UK
2.7

A toilet in a public place that anyone can use

is specifically a simple outdoor standing urination fixture instead of a full toilet

Surface Forms

pissoir singular
pissoirs plural

Etymology

The word pissoir comes from the French verb pisser, which means 'to pee'. So a pissoir is literally 'a place to pee', which helps explain why it means a public urinal.