cambouis

Unknown, perhaps related to Old Occitan camois (“mud”).

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.bwi/

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• Rhymes: -wi

cambouis m (uncountable)

1. (automotive, manufacturing) dirty oil or grease, waste oil

• mettre les mains dans le cambouis

• “cambouis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cambouis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 23: Inconnus, page 75