English Explanatory Dictionary

toilet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
  2. A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
  3. 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.
  4. A very shabby or dirty place.
  5. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
  6. The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
  7. Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
  8. One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
  9. A dressing room.
  10. A chamber pot.
  11. A woman.
verb
  1. To dress and groom oneself.
  2. To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
  3. To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɔɪ.lət/ /ˈtɔɪ.lɪt/ en-us-toilet.ogg en-uk-toilet.ogg

Word forms

toilet toilets toilette toileting toiletting toileted toiletted

Etymology

From Middle French toilette, 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.

Synonyms

big white telephone bog can commode crapper crapper trapper donniker dunny head highway to hell jacks jakes john khazi latrine lav pisser pooper porcelain god porcelain goddess pot potty privy Quincy shitcan shitpot shitter stool throne toilet toot half bath half bathroom cloakroom chamber chamber pot chemical toilet Cousin John gazunder guzunder honey bucket honeypot Jerry johnny jordan mingo necessary stool pan pee pot pisspot piss pot po potty-chair shitbucket slop bucket stool of easement thunder mug urinal bathroom

Related words

gents ladies lavatory loo thunderbox washroom bog roll toilet paper toilet roll toilet slipper shit ribbon chamber pot Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class II § 191. Receptacle

Derived words

aural toilet Detoilet down the toilet ear toilet flushing toilet flying toilet go down the toilet go toilet go to the toilet in the toilet I want to go to the toilet lung toilet make one's toilet marine toilet pay toilet pig toilet pit toilet Pittsburgh toilet public toilet pulmonary toilet sitting toilet the toilet is clogged toilet article kit toilet baby toilet bag toilet basket toilet block toilet book toilet bowl toilet box toilet break toilet brush toilet claw toilet cloth toilet club toilet cover toilet glass toilet humor toilet humour toilet jack toilet kit toilet of the mouth toilet-paper toilet paper TP toilet powder toilet roll toilet roll cosy toilet-roll cosy toilet room toilet-room toiletry toilet seat toilet service toilet set toilet-side toilet slipper toilet stool toilet-table toilet table

Translations

Abkhaz: ашьашьма Afrikaans: toilet Ahtna: tsaanʼ hwnax Alabama: aahoppolka Alabama: maataaɬoyhilka Albanian: tualet Albanian: hale Albanian: nevojtore Amharic: ሽንት ቤት Arabic: مِرْحَاض Arabic: حَمَّام Arabic: تْوَالِيتّ Arabic: دَوْرَةُ المِيَاه Arabic: طواليط Chadian Arabic: كابيني Armenian: զուգարան Assamese: শৌচালয় Asturian: bañu Asturian: escusáu Avar: хӏажатхана Azerbaijani: tualet Azerbaijani: ayaqyolu Bambara: ɲɛgɛn Bambara: sutura Bashkir: бәҙрәф Bashkir: әбрәкәй Bashkir: туалет Basque: bainugela Basque: komun Belarusian: туале́т Belarusian: прыбіра́льня Bengali: শৌচাগার Bengali: পায়খানা Bengali: টয়লেট Breton: privezioù Bulgarian: тоале́тна Bulgarian: ну́жник Bulgarian: клозе́т Burmese: အိမ်သာ Burmese: သန့်စင်ခန်း Catalan: bany Catalan: servei Catalan: servici Catalan: vàter Catalan: lavabo Catalan: comuna Chechen: хьаштагӏа Cheyenne: too'hamémȧhéó'o Cheyenne: o'ėhnémȧhéó'o Chickasaw: aboowoshi' Chinese Cantonese: 廁所 /厕所 Chinese Cantonese: 洗手間 /洗手间 Chinese: моҗүан Chinese: мофон Chinese: 便所 Eastern Min Chinese: 糞坑厝 /粪坑厝 Chinese Mandarin: 廁所 /厕所 Chinese Mandarin: 衛生間 /卫生间 Chinese Mandarin: 便所 Chinese Mandarin: 洗手間 /洗手间 Chinese Mandarin: 盥洗室 Chinese Mandarin: WC Chuvash: нушник West Circassian: псыун West Circassian: щауикӏыпӏ Cornish: privedhyow Corsican: cacatoghju Czech: záchod Czech: toaleta Czech: hajzl Czech: WC Old Czech: kakáč Danish: toilet Danish: badeværelse Danish: lokum Danish: wc Dutch: toilet Dutch: wc Emilian: bågn Emilian: césso Emilian: gabinátt Esperanto: necesejo Esperanto: latrino Estonian: klosett Estonian: tualett Estonian: vets Estonian: kemps Estonian: kemmerg Estonian: peldik Estonian: käimla
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