WC
English edit
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WC (plural WCs)
- (UK) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.
- 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:
- In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
- (proofreading) Initialism of word choice.
- (sports) Abbreviation of world championship.
- (sports) Abbreviation of world cup.
Synonyms edit
- (water closet): See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom
Descendants edit
(water closet):
Translations edit
abbreviation for water closet
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Czech edit
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WC n
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- WC in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Estonian edit
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WC (genitive WC, partitive WC-d)
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Declension of WC (type initialism)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | WC | WC-d |
genitive | WC | WC-de |
partitive | WC-d | WC-sid |
illative | WC-sse | WC-desse |
inessive | WC-s | WC-des |
elative | WC-st | WC-dest |
allative | WC-le | WC-dele |
adessive | WC-l | WC-del |
ablative | WC-lt | WC-delt |
translative | WC-ks | WC-deks |
terminative | WC-ni | WC-deni |
essive | WC-na | WC-dena |
abessive | WC-ta | WC-deta |
comitative | WC-ga | WC-dega |
Declension of WC (type initialism)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | WC | WC'd |
genitive | WC | WC'de |
partitive | WC'd | WC'sid |
illative | WC'sse | WC'desse |
inessive | WC's | WC'des |
elative | WC'st | WC'dest |
allative | WC'le | WC'dele |
adessive | WC'l | WC'del |
ablative | WC'lt | WC'delt |
translative | WC'ks | WC'deks |
terminative | WC'ni | WC'deni |
essive | WC'na | WC'dena |
abessive | WC'ta | WC'deta |
comitative | WC'ga | WC'dega |
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Finnish edit
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WC
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Declension of WC (type filee)
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Synonyms edit
- käymälä
- toiletti
- (men's) miestenhuone
- (women's) naistenhuone
- (dated) klosetti
- (colloquial) vessa
- (colloquial) veski
- (colloquial) hyyskä
Further reading edit
- “WC”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
French edit
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WC m pl (plural only)
- (plural only) WC (toilets)
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WC n (strong, genitive WCs, plural WCs)
- WC (water closet)
- Synonyms: Toilette, Klo, Wasserklosett
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Declension of WC [neuter, strong]
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WC (plural WC-k)
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | WC | WC-k |
accusative | WC-t | WC-ket |
dative | WC-nek | WC-knek |
instrumental | WC-vel | WC-kkel |
causal-final | WC-ért | WC-kért |
translative | WC-vé | WC-kké |
terminative | WC-ig | WC-kig |
essive-formal | WC-ként | WC-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | WC-ben | WC-kben |
superessive | WC-n | WC-ken |
adessive | WC-nél | WC-knél |
illative | WC-be | WC-kbe |
sublative | WC-re | WC-kre |
allative | WC-hez | WC-khez |
elative | WC-ből | WC-kből |
delative | WC-ről | WC-kről |
ablative | WC-től | WC-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
WC-é | WC-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
WC-éi | WC-kéi |
Possessive forms of WC | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | WC-m | WC-im |
2nd person sing. | WC-d | WC-id |
3rd person sing. | WC-je | WC-i |
1st person plural | WC-nk | WC-ink |
2nd person plural | WC-tek | WC-itek |
3rd person plural | WC-jük | WC-ik |
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English WC, an initialism for water closet.
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WC m or n (definite singular WCen or WCet, indefinite plural WCar or WC, definite plural WCane or WCa)
- WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from English WC.
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WC n (indeclinable)
- lavatory, loo, toilet, water closet, WC
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ubikacja
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English WC.
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WC m (plural WCs)
- WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
- Synonym: banheiro