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noun, feminine

oubliette

/u.bli.jɛt/

noun, feminine/u.bli.jɛt/plural: oubliettes

oubliette (type of dungeon)

Related: jeter aux oubliettes, oubliettes de l'histoire

From Middle French oubliete [1372]. Compositionally oublier (“to forget”) + -ette (forms feminine nouns).