toilet
English
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Alternative forms
- toilette (certain senses only)
Etymology
From Middle French toilette (“small cloth”), diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to lavatories and then to its fixtures, beginning in the United States in the late 19th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔɪ.lət/, /ˈtɔɪ.lɪt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪlɪt
Noun
toilet (plural toilets)
- (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. [17th–19th c.]
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto I, lines 121-126:
- And now, unveil’d, the toilet stands display’d,
- Each silver vase in mystic order laid.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto I, lines 121-126:
- (now historical or archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Oxford 2009, p. 118:
- Against that short evening her toilet was consulted the whole day […] .
- 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, (“Come as you are...”), Poetry Foundation 1913, p. 85:
- Come as you are, tarry not over your toilet.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 111:
- Three women got down and standing on the curb they made unabashed toilets, smoothing skirts and stockings, brushing one another's back, opening parcels and donning various finery.
- 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8:
- Here, at night, a lonely but brilliantly neon-illuminated figure, I performed my toilet, watched incuriously by the Burmese seated at the tables of the tea-shops below.
- 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Oxford 2009, p. 118:
- (now rare, archaic) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]
- 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter I, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 948783829, book I, page 25:
- It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilette, and never see the great soul in a man's face.
- 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge":
- "It is a quarter-past two," he said. "Your telegram was dispatched about one. But no one can glance at your toilet and attire without seeing that your disturbance dates from the moment of your waking."
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- (archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]
- (UK, Australia) A room or enclosed area containing a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 9)): a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]
- Sorry, I was in the toilet.
- 2002, Digby Tantam, Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice: A Narrative Framework, p. 122:
- He would hit her when she cried and, if this did not work, would lock her in the toilet for hours on end.
- 2014, C.S. Walter, Abandoned Bridges, pp. 105 f.:
- He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.
- (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 9)) and sink but no bathtub or shower.
- (obsolete) A chamber pot.
- A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system. [from 19th c.]
- My toilet backed up. Now the bathroom's flooded.
- (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place. [from 20th c.]
- 1982, The Mosquito Coast:
- Look around you. It's a toilet.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
- Mr. Gaunt was urbane and smiling again, not a hair out of place. "Do you like this little town? Do you love it? […] "
[…]
"I hate this fucking toilet," he said to Leland Gaunt.
- 1982, The Mosquito Coast:
Usage notes
In the United States and Canada, toilet refers most directly to fixtures for containing or removing human waste. As such, although toilet was originally a euphemism itself, its use to describe the place where the toilets are located (e.g., "Where is the toilet?") is now considered somewhat indiscreet; instead, it is more common to employ other euphemisms such as bathroom, restroom, or WC.
Until the late 19th century, toilet referred solely to personal grooming, including bathing and hair care. This still appears in toiletries and in various set phrases, such as toilet water and toilet bag. This use is sometimes understood as a new borrowing from French, despite being the older sense of the English word. Medical jargon also includes some set phrases such as “pulmonary toilet” and “toilet of the mouth”; in both cases the word toilet means general hygiene.
Synonyms
- (room for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (small secondary room for urination and defecation): half bath, half bathroom (US); cloakroom (UK)
- (pot used for urination and defecation): Thesaurus:chamber pot
- (fixture for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet
- (in a nautical context): See head (item 4.1.4)
Hyponyms
- (fixture for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet
Derived terms
- Detoilet
- make one's toilet
- pit toilet
- toilet bag
- toilet basket
- toilet box
- toilet brush
- toilet of the mouth
- toilet paper, TP
- toilet powder
- toilet roll
- toilet room
- toiletry, toiletries
- toilet seat
- toilet service
- toilet set
- toilet table
- toilet tank
- toilet tent
- toilet-train
- toilet training
- toilet water
Descendants
- → Japanese: トイレット, トイレ
Translations
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Verb
toilet (third-person singular simple present toilets, present participle toileting, simple past and past participle toileted)
- (dated) To dress and groom oneself.
- To use the toilet.
- To assist another (a child, etc.) in using the toilet.
References
- "toilet, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. (2014), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Further reading
toilet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Eliott, Lottie, litote
Chinese
Alternative forms
- toile
Etymology
Borrowed from English toilet.
- to1 ji4 le4
- The pronunciation is probably from Japanese トイレ, in turn from English toilet.
Pronunciation
Noun
toilet
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) toilet; bathroom; WC
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 廁, 圊 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廁所, 洗手間, 衛生間, 盥洗室, 化妝室, 化妝間 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 東廁, 東司兒 |
Taiwan | 廁所, 洗手間 | |
Tianjin | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 茅樓兒, 茅所, 茅坑兒 | |
Langfang | 茅房 | |
Tangshan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Cangzhou | 廁所, 茅房, 茅子 | |
Baoding | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Shijiazhuang | 廁所, 茅坑, 茅廁 | |
Daming | 茅子 | |
Ulanhot | 茅樓 | |
Tongliao | 茅樓 | |
Chifeng | 廁所兒, 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Bayanhot | 廁所, 茅廁 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 廁所, 茅樓, 茅廁 | |
Harbin | 廁所兒, 廁所, 便所兒, 茅樓兒, 茅房, 一號兒 | |
Shenyang | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 欄子, 便所, 茅樓兒 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 茅廁, 廁所兒, 便所兒 | |
Qingdao | 廁所兒, 茅房 | |
Jinan | 茅房, 茅廁, 一號, 茅子 Hui | |
Luoyang | 茅房, 茅廁, 後茅子, 後路兒 | |
Wanrong | 茅子, 後頭 | |
Zhengzhou | 茅廁, 廁所 | |
Xi'an | 廁所, 茅子, 茅房, 後頭 | |
Yinchuan | 茅房, 茅子, 廁所, 後路, 後頭 | |
Lanzhou | 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Xining | 茅廁, 後樓, 圈圈 | |
Ürümqi | 茅房, 後頭, 廁所兒, 一號兒 | |
Wuhan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號, 一步樓 dated | |
Huanggang | 茅廁 | |
Chengdu | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁 | |
Chongqing | 廁所, 茅廁 | |
Guiyang | 廁所, 茅廁 | |
Kunming | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Guilin | 廁所, 茅廁 | |
Liuzhou | 廁所, 茅廁, 屎坑, 糞坑, 茅坑, 灰屋 rural | |
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 廁所, 茅廁 | |
Xuzhou | 廁所兒, 廁所, 屎茅子, 茅子, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號兒, 一號 | |
Yangzhou | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Xinghua | 屎缸, 茅廁, 茅缸 | |
Nanjing | 廁所, 茅廁, 一號 | |
Hefei | 廁所, 茅廁 | |
Nantong | 茅缸, 茅廁, 茅房, 茅房缸, 池缸, 屎缸 | |
Malaysia | 廁所 | |
Singapore | 廁所 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 茅圈, 茅房 | |
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 茅圈, 茅房 | |
Kokang | 茅廁 | |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 廁所 | |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 茅廁 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廁所, 屎坑 |
Hong Kong | 廁所, toilet, 洗手間, 屎坑 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 屎坑 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 廁坑 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 糞缸 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 屎缸 | |
Macau | 屎坑, 廁所 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 屎坑, 廁所 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 灰圍, 廁所 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 屎坑 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 糞坑 | |
Foshan | 屎坑, 廁所 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 屎坑 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 廁所 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 屎坑 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 廁所 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 廁所 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 廁所 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 屎坑 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 屎坑 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 屎坑 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 屎坑 | |
Taishan | 廁所, 屎糞壘, 屎坑 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 屎坑, 糞壘 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 廁所, 屎缸 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 廁所 | |
Dongguan | 廁坑, 屎糞坑 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 屎坑 | |
Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 屎缸 | |
Qingyuan | 屎坑 | |
Fogang | 糞尾仔 | |
Yingde (Hanguang) | 屎坑 | |
Yangshan | 糞缸 | |
Lianshan (Butian) | 屎坑 | |
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 糞槽 | |
Shaoguan | 屎坑 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 廁所, 屎坑 | |
Renhua | 糞寮 | |
Lechang | 屎坑, 廁所 | |
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 廁所, 屎坑 | |
Sihui | 屎坑 | |
Guangning | 屎坑 | |
Deqing | 屎坑 | |
Huaiji | 糞卜 | |
Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 屎坑 | |
Yunfu | 糞六 | |
Xinxing | 屎欄 | |
Luoding | 屎坑 | |
Yunan (Pingtai) | 屎坑 | |
Yangjiang | 糞六, 糞廁 | |
Xinyi | 糞坑 | |
Lianjiang | 廁所 | |
Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 屎樓 proper, 糞坑 simple, 屎坑 | |
Nanning | 廁所, 屎坑 | |
Wuzhou | 廁所, 屎坑 | |
Yulin | 屎卜, 灰卜 | |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 屎坑 | |
Guiping | 屎坑 | |
Mengshan (Xihe) | 屎坑 | |
Guigang (Nanjiang) | 屎坑 | |
Beiliu (Tangliao) | 屎坑 | |
Baise | 屎坑 | |
Bobai | 屎坑 | |
Lingshan | 屎坑 | |
Pubei | 屎坑 | |
Qinzhou | 屎坑 | |
Beihai | 屎坑 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 廁所, 糞坑 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 廁所, 屎坑 | |
Ningming | 屎坑 | |
Hengxian | 屎坑 | |
Hezhou (Pumen) | 茅廁 | |
Danzhou | 私房 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 廁所 | |
Penang (Guangfu) | 廁所 | |
Ipoh (Guangfu) | 廁所 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 廁所, 屎坑 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 廁所 | |
Móng Cái | 廁所, 糞坑 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 茅廁, 茅缸, 廁所 |
Poyang | 茅廁 | |
Yugan | 東司 | |
Wannian | 東司 | |
Yiyang, Jiangxi | 茅廁 | |
Hengfeng | 茅廁 | |
Yanshan | 茅廁 | |
Lichuan | 茅廁, 窖上 | |
Pingxiang | 廁所, 東司 dated | |
Guixi | 屎窖 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 廁所, 屎窖, 屎缸 |
Xingning | 屎缸 | |
Dabu (Gaobei) | 屎缸 | |
Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 屎缸 | |
Fengshun (Fengliang) | 糞缸 | |
Fengshun (Pantian) | 屎缸 | |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Huiyang | 糞缸 | |
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Huidong (Daling) | 糞缸 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 糞廁 | |
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Boluo (Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 糞缸 | |
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 糞缸 | |
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 糞缸, 廁所 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 廁所 | |
Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 屎缸 | |
Wuhua (Huacheng) | 屎缸 | |
Wuhua (Changbu) | 屎缸 | |
Wuhua (Mianyang) | 屎缸 | |
Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屎湖 | |
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 糞缸 | |
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 屎湖 | |
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 屎湖 | |
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Wengyuan | 屎缸 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 屎寮 | |
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 屎坑 | |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 屎棚 | |
Liannan | 屎缸 | |
Conghua (Lütian) | 糞缸 | |
Jiexi | 屎缸 | |
Luhe | 廁缸 | |
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 屎缸 | |
Changting | 屎窖, 屎缸 | |
Wuping | 屎缸 | |
Wuping (Yanqian) | 屎缸 | |
Wuping (Pingyu) | 屎缸下 | |
Liancheng | 屎缸 | |
Ninghua | 東司, 廁所 | |
Yudu | 屎坑, 茅廁, 糞坑, 廁所 | |
Ningdu | 廁缸 | |
Ruijin | 屎缸, 糞寮下 | |
Shicheng | 肥湖, 灰寮 | |
Shangyou (Shexi) | 糞坑, 糞缸 | |
Tonggu (Sandu) | 灰舍 | |
Ganzhou (Panlong) | 茅廁 | |
Dayu | 糞坑 | |
Taoyuan | 便所 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸, 糞缸仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 便所 | |
Hong Kong | 屎坑, 廁所, 糞缸 | |
Yangxi (Tangkou) | 糞氹 | |
Yangchun (Sanjia) | 糞氹 | |
Xinyi (Sihe) | 糞氹 | |
Xinyi (Qianpai) | 糞缸 | |
Gaozhou (Xindong) | 糞坑 | |
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 糞湖 | |
Huazhou (Xin'an) | 屎窩 | |
Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 屎湖 | |
Lianjiang (Qingping) | 屎湖 | |
Mengshan (Xihe) | 糞缸 | |
Luchuan | 糞缸 | |
Luchuan (Daqiao) | 糞窩 | |
Bobai (Shahe) | 糞窩 | |
Beiliu (Tang'an) | 屎坑 | |
Mashan (Pianlian) | 屎坑 | |
Sabah (Longchuan) | 屎坑, 廁所 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 屎坑 | |
Kuching (Hepo) | 屎缸 | |
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 廁缸, 尿缸 | |
Singkawang | 水間 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 茅廁, 廁所 |
Shexian | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅缸 | |
Tunxi | 屎缸, 廁所 | |
Xiuning | 屎缸 | |
Yixian | 茅廁 | |
Qimen | 茅廁 | |
Wuyuan | 茅廁, 東司 | |
Fuliang | 茅廁 | |
Dexing | 茅廁, 東司 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 茅子, 茅房 |
Pingyao | 茅子 | |
Xinzhou | 茅子 | |
Taibus (Baochang) | 茅廁 | |
Linhe | 廁所, 茅房 | |
Jining | 廁所, 茅房, 茅子 | |
Hohhot | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Baotou | 茅房, 茅子 | |
Dongsheng | 廁所 | |
Haibowan | 茅房 | |
Zhangjiakou | 廁所, 茅房 | |
Handan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 屎坑, 東司, 廁所 |
Jian'ou (Dikou) | 糞厝 | |
Songxi | 窖楻間 | |
Zhenghe | 窖楻間 | |
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 窖楻欄 | |
Jianyang | 茅廁 | |
Wuyishan | 茅廁 | |
Pucheng (Shibei) | 茅廁 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 糞坑厝, 糞坑, 廁所 |
Changle | 糞坑厝 | |
Fuqing | 糞坑厝, 糞池 | |
Yongtai | 糞坑 | |
Gutian | 屎坑 | |
Fu'an | 烌樓 | |
Ningde | 糞池, 糞池頭 | |
Shouning | 屎楻 | |
Zhouning | 屎欄 | |
Fuding | 屎坑 | |
Matsu | 糞池, 廁所 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 屎礐, 礐廁, 廁所, 化礐 |
Xiamen (Tong'an) | 屎礐 | |
Quanzhou | 屎礐, 廁所, 化礐 | |
Jinjiang | 屎礐 | |
Hui'an | 屎礐 | |
Anxi | 屎礐 | |
Yongchun | 屎礐 | |
Zhangzhou | 屎礐, 廁所, 礐仔, 屎礐仔 | |
Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 礐仔 | |
Zhao'an | 肚缸 | |
Dongshan | 屎礐, 尿間仔 | |
Taipei | 屎礐, 便所 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 屎礐 | |
Kaohsiung | 屎礐仔, 便所 | |
Yilan | 礐仔, 屎礐仔 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 屎礐, 便所 | |
Taichung | 屎礐仔, 便所 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 便所 | |
Tainan | 屎礐仔 | |
Taitung | 便所 | |
Hsinchu | 屎礐仔間, 便所 | |
Kinmen | 屎礐, 便所, 染顏 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 屎礐, 便所 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 染蠻 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 染蠻, 沖水間 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 廁所, 礐廁, 屎礐 dated | |
Longyan | 東司 | |
Zhangping | 屎礐 | |
Zhangping (Yongfu) | 糞牢, 屎礐 | |
Datian | 屎楻頭, 糞櫥 | |
Pingnan (Shangdu) | 屎坑 | |
Chaozhou | 東司, 屎缸 | |
Shantou | 廁所, 東司 | |
Shantou (Chaoyang) | 廁所 | |
Jieyang | 東司, 屎缸 | |
Haifeng | 廁所, 屎礐, 屎圍 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 公司窿 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 染蠻 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 染蠻 | |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 染蠻 | |
Leizhou | 屎礐 | |
Wenchang | 恭房 | |
Haikou | 恭房, 屎恭房, 屎礐 | |
Qionghai | 恭房 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 恭房 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 糞池兜, 廁所 |
Xianyou | 糞池兜 | |
Min Zhong | Yong'an | 肥池 |
Shaxian | 屎坑 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 廁所 |
Sanxiang | 糞厝, 屎甕, 廁甕 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 屎坑 |
Nanning (Xinxu) | 廁所 | |
Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 茅廁 |
Shehua | Fu'an | 屎楻寮 |
Sanming | 屎楻 | |
Hua'an | 屎礐 | |
Lishui | 屎楻間 | |
Chaozhou | 屎缸 | |
Fengshun | 糞缸 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬桶間, 洗手間, 小便間, 盥洗室, 坑棚, 坑棚間, 茅坑, 一號 slang, 一號間 slang, 世界盃 humorous |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 坑棚 | |
Suzhou | 廁所, 茅坑, 屎坑, 坑棚, 屎坑棚, 馬桶間 | |
Wuxi | 廁所, 茅坑 | |
Danyang | 廁所, 廁所間, 茅坑 | |
Hangzhou | 廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬子間, 茅坑 | |
Ningbo | 屙坑間, 屙坑, 茅坑, 坑頭, 坑頭間, 坑跟間, 屙缸, 馬桶間, 衛生間, 廁所間, 廁所 | |
Wenzhou | 茅坑, 尿盆間, 廁所 | |
Jinhua | 廁所, 茅坑 | |
Jinhua (Tangxi) | 東司, 茅坑 | |
Shangrao | 茅廁 | |
Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 茅廁 | |
Yushan | 茅坑 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 茅廁, 茅廁屋, 廁屋 suburbs |
Xiangtan | 茅廁屋, 廁所 | |
Loudi | 茅廁 | |
Shuangfeng | 茅廁 | |
Quanzhou | 茅廁 |
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette (“small cloth”) diminutive of toile (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toalɛt/, [tˢoaˈlɛd̥] or IPA(key): /tɔilɛt/, [tˢʌiˈlɛd̥]
Noun
toilet n (singular definite toilettet, plural indefinite toiletter)
- toilet (room containing lavatory); men's room, ladies' room
- toilet (lavatory)
Inflection
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | toilet | toilettet | toiletter | toiletterne |
genitive | toilets | toilettets | toiletters | toiletternes |
Synonyms
- wc
Derived terms
- offentligt toilet
- toiletartikler
- toiletbord
- toiletbørste
- toiletgarniture
- toiletmøbel
- toiletpapir
- toiletpose
- toiletrulle
- toiletspejl
- toiletsæbe
- toilettaske
Related terms
- grande toilette
- gøre toilette
- toilette
Further reading
toilet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette (“small cloth”), from Middle French toilette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʋaːˈlɛt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: toi‧let
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
toilet n (plural toiletten, diminutive toiletje n)
- toilet (room containing lavatory); men's room, ladies' room
- Synonyms: privaat, wc
- toilet (lavatory)
- Synonym: wc
- personal grooming
Derived terms
- toiletbril
- toilethok
- toiletjuffrouw
- toiletpapier
- toilettas
Descendants
- → Indonesian: toilet
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch toilet, from French toilette (“small cloth”) diminutive of toile (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯.lɛt̚/
- Hyphenation: toilèt
Noun
toilèt (first-person possessive toiletku, second-person possessive toiletmu, third-person possessive toiletnya)
- toilet (personal grooming).
- toilet, room used for urination and defecation.
- toilet, fixture used for urination and defecation.
- Synonyms: jamban, kakus, peturasan, tandas, WC
Further reading
- “toilet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English toilet.
Noun
toilet
- toilet