pissenlit
French edit
Etymology edit
From pisse + en + lit, due to its diuretic properties. Compare English pissabed.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pissenlit m (plural pissenlits)
- dandelion
- Synonym: (Switzerland) dent-de-lion m
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Further reading edit
- “pissenlit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.