Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Uncertain. The first part, cess-, is undoubtedly the same as for cesspool, whose origin is likewise uncertain. The second part is pit, a hole in the ground.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian помийна яма
- помийна яма (pomijna jama)pit for sewage
Catalan pou negre
- pou negrepit for sewage
Czech žumpa
- žumpapit for sewage
Dutch beerput
- beerputpit for sewage
Finnish likakaivo
- likakaivopit for sewage
French fosse septique
- fosse septiquepit for sewage
German Sickergrube, Versitzgrube
- Sickergrubepit for sewage
- Versitzgrubepit for sewage
- Senkgrubepit for sewage
Greek βόθρος
- βόθρος (vóthros)pit for sewage
Hungarian pöcegödör, emésztőgödör
- pöcegödörpit for sewage
- emésztőgödörpit for sewage
- űrgödörpit for sewage
Polish szambo
- szambopit for sewage
Russian помо́йная я́ма
- помо́йная я́ма (pomójnaja jáma)pit for sewage
Slovak žumpa
- žumpapit for sewage
Turkish lağım, geriz
- lağımpit for sewage
- gerizpit for sewage
Cite this entry
APA
cesspit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cesspit
MLA
“cesspit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cesspit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cesspit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cesspit.
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