Meanings
nounoubliette (plural oubliettes)
plural oubliettes
- A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.First known use 18th c.
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
Origin
- Frenchoubliette
- Englishoubliette
Borrowed from French oubliette, from oublier (“to forget”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ублиет
- ублиет (ubliet)dungeon
Czech hladomorna
- hladomornadungeon
Dutch vergetelput, vergeetput
- vergetelputdungeon
- vergeetputdungeon
- oubliëttedungeon
Esperanto ublieto
- ublietodungeon
French oubliette
- oubliettedungeon
Italian oubliette
- oubliettedungeon
Japanese 地下牢
- 地下牢 (chikarō)dungeon
Russian ублие́т
- ублие́т (ublijét)dungeon
Swedish oubliette
- oubliettedungeon
Cite this entry
APA
oubliette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oubliette
MLA
“oubliette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oubliette. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oubliette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oubliette.
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