outhouse

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English

Outhouse with chipboard walls and fiberglass ceiling

Noun

outhouse (plural outhouses)

1. An outbuilding, a small structure located away, or not directly accessed from, a main building.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6

     […] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses

2. (North America) An outdoor toilet, (or often just a seat over a cesspool) in a wooden cubicle, where the term is usually referring to a permanent facility. Where an outdoor toilet is installed on a temporary basis, the term portable toilet is generally used. The slang terms john and johnny house are sometimes used to identify an outdoor toilet; see also privy.

Synonyms

• (toilet): shithouse (US)

Related terms

• outbuilding

Translations

outbuilding

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外屋 (cmn) (wàiwū), 庫房 (cmn), 库房 (cmn) (kùfáng)

• Finnish: ulkorakennus (fi)
• French: cabanon (fr) m
• German: Nebengebäude (de) n

• Japanese: 離れ家 (ja) (はなれや, hanareya)
• Norwegian: uthus (no) n
• Russian: флигель (ru) (flígelʹ) m, пристройка (ru) (pristrójka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: seada (gd) m and f

outdoor toilet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屋外廁所 (cmn), 屋外厕所 (cmn) (wūwài cè suǒ), 流動廁所 (cmn), 流动厕所 (cmn) (liúdòng cè suǒ)

• Finnish: ulkovessa (fi), ulkohuussi (fi), puucee (fi)
• German: Plumpsklo (de) n (colloquial), Außenklo (de) n, Außentoilette (de) f
• Hungarian: budi (hu), pottyantós (hu)
• Japanese: 屋外トイレ (ja) (okugai toire)

• Navajo: chąąʼ báhooghan
• Norwegian: utedo (no) m
• Russian: сельский туалет (ru) (sélʹskij tualét) m, туалет вне дома (ru) (tualét vne dóma) m
• Tok Pisin: liklik haus (tpi)
• Walloon: tchiyote (wa) f