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noun, feminine

poubelle

/pu.bɛl/

noun, feminine/pu.bɛl/plural: poubelles

poubelle is feminine in French.

rubbish bin, garbage can; trash, rubbish

Synonyms: boite à ordures, ordures, déchets

From the surname Poubelle, named after Eugène Poubelle, prefect of the Seine (i.e. chief administrator of Paris), who promulgated an ordinance in 1884 that all apartments should have trash cans.