English

Etymology

From French toilette.

Noun

toilet

1. a ceramic bowl that can be flushed down with water after disposing of human waste in it.
2. a lavatory or water closet, w.c.
3. (British, Aust) a bathroom, a room containing a toilet in it.
4. (figurative) Somewhere unpleasing to the eye or unhygenic.

Phrases

• toilet paper
• toilet roll
• toilet water

Translations

• Breton: privezioù pl
• Dutch: toilet n, wc m, huisje n, kleinste kamertje n
• Esperanto: fekseĝo (1), klozeto (2), necesejo (3)
• Finnish: potta (1); WC, toiletti , vessa (colloquial); kylpyhuone (3)
• French: toilettes f, pl, wc m
• German: Toilette f, WC m, Klo n
• Hebrew: שרטים m,pl
• Indonesian: toilet, WC
• Interlingua: toilette, water closet, wc
• Japanese: トイレ (toire), 便所 (べんじょ , benjo)
• Spanish: excusado m, retrete m, water m, baño m
• Polish: toaleta f, ubikacja f
• Portuguese: casa de banho f (Portugal), vaso sanitário m, privada f; banheiro m (2, 3)
• Tagalog: inidoro
• Volapük: tvalet
• Turkish: tuvalet
• Welsh: tŷ bach, toiled

See also

• bog
• crapper
• jacks (Hiberno English)
• john (US)
• khazi
• loo (British English )
• Outhouse

Verb

1. to go to toilet (maybe just to wash hands).
2. to sell toiletries.