portable toilet

English

Noun

portable toilet (plural portable toilets)

1. A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).
   • 2021 December 29, “Network News: RAIB: tighten up supervision after 27mph train sideswipe incident”, in RAIL, number 947, page 8:

     The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.

Usage notes

A permanently-installed portable toilet (as at a park) may come to be known as an outhouse or similar name instead.

Synonyms

• portapotty, porta-potty
• portajohn
• portaloo
• port-o-john
• port-o-potty
• portalet, port-o-let
• See Thesaurus:bathroom

Translations

portable toilet — see also toilet

• Finnish: bajamaja (fi)
• French: toilette mobile, toilette portable f, toilette autonome f, WC chimique
• German: Baustellenklo n, mobile Toilettenkabine f, Mobil-WC n, Mobilklo n, Dixiklo n, Dixi-Klo n, Dixi® n, Dixi (de) n, Sanitärcontainer m
• Italian: bagno chimico m
• Japanese: 仮設トイレ (かせつトイレ, kasetsu toire), 仮設便所 (かせつべんじょ, kasetsu benjo), 簡易トイレ (かんいといれ, kan'i toire)
• Polish: przenośna toaleta f, toi-toi m (informal)
• Portuguese: banheiro químico m
• Russian: передвижно́й (ru) m (peredvižnój) туале́т (ru) m (tualét), туале́тная (ru) f (tualétnaja) каби́нка (ru) n (kabínka)
• Swedish: bajamaja (sv) c, dass (sv) n, utedass (sv) n