abreuvoir

Borrowed from French abreuvoir (“a watering place”).

abreuvoir (plural abreuvoirs)

1. A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
2. (obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.

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abreuver +‎ -oir

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁœ.vwaʁ/

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abreuvoir m (plural abreuvoirs)

1. a watering hole or place for animals
2. (Canada, proscribed) a drinking fountain

• (drinking fountain): fontaine (mostly Europe)

• abreuvoir à mouches
• borne-abreuvoir

• “abreuvoir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).