toalett
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From the German Toilette, from the French toilette (“small cloth”), dim. of toile (“cloth”); a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
toalett (plural toalettek)
- toilet (the act of dressing, washing, grooming oneself)
- dress
- dressing room
- dressing table
- (rare) lavatory, water closet
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | toalett | toalettek |
| accusative | toalettet | toaletteket |
| dative | toalettnek | toaletteknek |
| instrumental | toalettel | toalettekkel |
| causal-final | toalettért | toalettekért |
| translative | toaletté | toalettekké |
| terminative | toalettig | toalettekig |
| essive-formal | toalettként | toalettekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | toalettben | toalettekben |
| superessive | toaletten | toaletteken |
| adessive | toalettnél | toaletteknél |
| illative | toalettbe | toalettekbe |
| sublative | toalettre | toalettekre |
| allative | toaletthez | toalettekhez |
| elative | toalettből | toalettekből |
| delative | toalettről | toalettekről |
| ablative | toalettől | toalettektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
toaletté | toaletteké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
toalettéi | toalettekéi |
| Possessive forms of toalett | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | toalettem | toalettjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | toaletted | toalettjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | toalettje | toalettjei |
| 1st person plural | toalettünk | toalettjeink |
| 2nd person plural | toalettetek | toalettjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | toalettjük | toalettjeik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Further reading edit
- toalett in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
toalett n (definite singular toalettet, indefinite plural toalett or toaletter, definite plural toaletta or toalettene)
- a toilet
- personal grooming
- Han gjorde sitt morgentoalett
- He was doing his morning grooming session
- (archaic) attire, suit
- stort toalett
- gala attire
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “toalett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
toalett n (definite singular toalettet, indefinite plural toalett, definite plural toaletta)
- a toilet
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “toalett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
toalett c
- a toilet (fixture for urination and defecation)
- Synonyms: toalettstol, vattenklosett, klosett, porslinstron
- a bathroom, a room containing a toilet, and sometimes a shower or bath tub
Declension edit
| Declension of toalett | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | toalett | toaletten | toaletter | toaletterna |
| Genitive | toaletts | toalettens | toaletters | toaletternas |
Synonyms (bathroom) edit
Derived terms edit
- offentlig toalett (“public toilet”)
See also edit
- badrum
- brusefåtölj
- necessär
- toalettborste (“toilet brush”)
- toalettpapper (“toilet paper”)
- toalettrulle (“toilet roll”)
- toalettsits (“toilet seat”)