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oubliette en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /uːbliˈɛt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French oubliette, from oublier (“to forget”).

Meanings

1. A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.
   • Le Chiffre's two cards followed them with a faint rattle which comes from the canister at the beginning of each session before the discards have made a cushion over the metal floor of their oubliette. 1953, Ian Fleming, “The High Table”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 75:

Forms

Hypernyms

dungeon

Relateds

oblivion · hole · memory hole · obliviation

Translations (13)

ru ублие́т (dungeon) · fr oubliette (dungeon) · eo ublieto (dungeon) · nl vergeetput (dungeon) · cs hladomorna (dungeon) · nl oubliëtte (dungeon) · nl vergetelput (dungeon) · io karcer-kamero (dungeon) · it oubliette (dungeon) · bg ублиет (dungeon) · ja 地下牢 (dungeon) · sv oubliette (dungeon) · ota زندان (dungeon)