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oubliette

/uːbliˈɛt/

oubliette noun: a dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.

oubliette: a dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top
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Noun

oubliette (plural oubliettes)

  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

oubliette meaning in Tamil

oubliette in Tamil

நிலவறை, மறைகிடங்கு

Forms of oubliette

pluraloubliettes

Origin of oubliette

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

Questions about oubliette

What does oubliette mean?
Oubliette means a dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.
What is oubliette in Tamil?
Oubliette in Tamil is நிலவறை, மறைகிடங்கு. See Oubliette meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oubliette?
Oubliette is a noun.
How do you pronounce oubliette?
Oubliette is pronounced /uːbliˈɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of oubliette?
The plural of oubliette is oubliettes.

Words near oubliette in the dictionary

  1. ouarines
  2. Ouarzazate
  3. Ouazzane
  4. Oubangui
  5. oubliation
  6. oubliette
  7. oubliettes
  8. ouboet
  9. ouboets
  10. OUCA
  11. ouch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oubliette (page history and authors); oubliette (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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