noun, feminine/vɑ̃.tuz/plural: ventouses
plunger; suction cup; cupping glass; ventouse; sucker
Inherited from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, ellipsis of Medieval Latin [cucurbita] ventōsa. Doublet of venteux and ventôse.
/vɑ̃.tuz/
plunger; suction cup; cupping glass; ventouse; sucker
Inherited from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, ellipsis of Medieval Latin [cucurbita] ventōsa. Doublet of venteux and ventôse.
an opening in a pipe, shaft, etc. to allow air flow
Dialectal variant of venteuse, from Latin ventosus.