Definition
A container for spitting into, especially one used to collect saliva or chewing tobacco residue.
Etymology
From Portuguese cuspideira or Spanish escupidor, both derived from Latin conspuere meaning 'to spit.' The word entered English in the 1800s during this era of common spitting culture.
Kelly Says
Cuspidors were so common in Victorian offices and saloons that Mark Twain complained about having to dodge their 'splashes'—they became symbols of a less sanitary, pre-antibiotics era!
Translations
ARالعربية
وعاء لعاب
wa-a-i li-a-ab
CACatalà
cuspidació
ku-spi-da-tsi-o
CSČeština
kuspidor
ku-spi-dor
DADansk
spyt-skål
spyt-skaal
DEDeutsch
Cuspidor
ku-spi-dor
ESEspañol
cuspidor
ku-spi-dor
FISuomi
puresali
pu-re-sa-li
FRFrançais
cuspidor
ku-spi-dor
HEעברית
קופסת ספוט
ko-fes-set-spo-t
HUMagyar
nyálkahártya
nyal-ka-har-tya
IDBahasa Indonesia
kuspidor
ku-spi-dor
ITItaliano
cuspidor
ku-spi-dor
JA日本語
唾液容器
datsu-e-ki-yu-u-k-i-ni
MSBahasa Melayu
kuspidor
ku-spi-dor
NLNederlands
speekselbak
spe-k-sel-bak
NONorsk
spyt-skål
spyt-skaal
PLPolski
kuspidor
ku-spi-dor
PTPortuguês
cuspidor
ku-spi-dor
RORomână
cuspidor
ku-spi-dor
RUРусский
потильник
po-til-nik
SVSvenska
spettinkast
spe-t-tin-kast
SWKiswahili
mtego
m-te-go
THไทย
ถ้วยรองน้ำลาย
thau-rong-nam-lai
TLTL
kuspidasyon
ku-spi-da-syon
TRTürkçe
tükürük kabı
ty-ky-rük ka-bi
UKУкраїнська
потильник
po-til-nik
VITiếng Việt
bình đựng đờm
binh-dung-do-rm
ZUZU
isigqoko
i-si-g-qo-ko