cloaque

klɔak

Definition

Definition of cloaque - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

lieu dégradéendroit sale et malsain où règnent la corruption et la misère

Ce quartier est devenu un véritable cloaque de criminalité.

boue

taudis

médical

TECH.

organe commun aux systèmes digestif et reproducteur chez certains animaux

TECH.

Les oiseaux possèdent un cloaque pour l'évacuation et la reproduction.

égout

Rare

lieu destiné à recevoir les déchets et les eaux sales

Rare

Les eaux usées de la ville se déversent dans ce cloaque.

canalisation

égout

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lieu destiné à recevoir les déchets et les eaux sales

Origin of cloaque

latin, cloaca (égout)

Terms with cloaque included in their meaning

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bourse de Fabricius

anatomie aviaire

organe du système immunitaire situé près du cloaque chez les oiseaux

cloacal

adj.

médical

qui se rapporte au cloaque des oiseaux, reptiles et batraciens

Examples of cloaque in a sentence

Ce roman décrit Paris comme un cloaque au XIXe siècle.
Le cloaque permet l’expulsion des œufs chez la tortue.
Chez certains poissons, le cloaque joue un rôle essentiel.
Ce quartier est devenu un véritable cloaque avec le temps.
Ils ont dû nettoyer le cloaque après l’inondation.

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English:cesspool, cloaca, ...
German:Sumpf, Abwasserkanal, ...
Italian:cloaca, fogna, ...
Spanish:cloaca, alcantarilla, ...
Portuguese:antro, esgoto, ...
Chinese:污秽之地, 泄殖腔, ...
Japanese:スラム, 総排出腔, ...
Arabic:مستنقع الفساد, مذرق, ...
Hebrew:בִּיצָה, בִּיב, ...
Russian:запущенное место, клоака, ...
Ukrainian:клоака, стічна канава, ...
Catalan:cloaca, òrgan comú, ...
Danish:kloak, ...
Dutch:riool, cloaca, ...
Greek:βούρκος, κοιλότητα, ...
Hungarian:fertő, kloáka, ...
Khmer:សំបុកអំពើពុករលួយ, ក្លូអាក, ...
Korean:소굴, 총배설강, ...
Polish:melina, kloaka, ...
Portuguese (BR):cloaca, esgoto, ...
Romanian:cloacă, canal de scurgere, ...
Swedish:kloak, avlopp, ...
Thai:แหล่งเสื่อมโทรม, โคลอาค, ...
Turkish:bataklık, kloak, ...
Vietnamese:ổ tệ nạn, lỗ huyệt, ...

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