chamber pot

See also: chamberpot

English

A ceramic chamber pot.

Alternative forms

• chamberpot

Etymology

From chamber +‎ pot, from its usual use in one's chamber (i.e., bedroom).

Noun

chamber pot (plural chamber pots)

1. A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:chamber pot

Translations

a container used for urination and defecation — see also urinal,‎ chemical toilet

• Arabic: قَعَادَة f (qaʕāda)
• Armenian: գիշերանոթ (gišeranotʻ), միզանոթ (mizanotʻ)
• Azerbaijani: gecə qorşoku
• Basque: pixontzi
• Belarusian: начны́ гаршчо́к m (načný harščók), гаршчо́к (be) m (harščók)
• Breton: pod-kambr (br) m
• Bulgarian: но́щно гърне́ n (nóštno gǎrné), гърне́ (bg) n (gǎrné)
• Catalan: gibrelleta (ca) f, orinal m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尿盆 (zh) (niàopén), 尿壺／尿壶 (zh) (niàohú), 夜壺／夜壶 (zh) (yèhú), 馬桶／马桶 (zh) (mǎtǒng), 便壺／便壶 (zh) (biànhú)

• Czech: nočník (cs) m
• Dutch: po (nl) m, pispot (nl) m
• Esperanto: noktovazo
• Finnish: yöastia (fi), potta (fi)
• French: pot de chambre (fr) m
• Galician: penico m, bacieiro m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Nachttopf (de) m, Nachtgeschirr n
• Greek: καθίκι (el) n (kathíki)

  Ancient: ἀμίς f (amís), ἐνουρήθρα f (enourḗthra), οὐράνη f (ouránē), οὐρητρίς f (ourētrís), σκωραμίς f (skōramís), χερνίβιον n (kherníbion)

• Hebrew: סִיר לַיְלָה (he) m (sir layla)
• Hungarian: éjjeliedény (hu), bili (hu)
• Icelandic: koppur (is), næturgagn, náttpottur
• Indonesian: pispot (id)
• Ingrian: sittapata, kusipata
• Irish: áras fuail m
• Italian: orinale (it) m, vaso da notte m, pitale (it)
• Japanese: 便器 (ja) (べんき, benki), おまる (ja) (omaru)
• Korean: 요강 (yogang), 변기 (ko) (byeon'gi)
• Kyrgyz: горшок (gorşok)
• Latin: matella f, matellio m
• Macedonian: но́кшир m (nókšir)
• Maori: pō mimi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattpotte m or f

  Nynorsk: nattpotte f

• Old English: gang m
• Persian: شاشدان (šâšdân), پیسیار (pisyâr)
• Polish: nocnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: penico (pt) m
• Romanian: oală de noapte f
• Russian: ночно́й горшо́к (ru) m (nočnój goršók), горшо́к (ru) m (goršók)
• Scottish Gaelic: amar-mùin
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нокшир m

  Roman: nokšir (sh) m

• Sicilian: rinali (scn) m, urinali m
• Slovak: nočník m
• Spanish: bacinilla (es) f, bacineta (es) f, bacinica (es) f, pelela (es) f, orinal (es) m
• Swedish: potta (sv)
• Thai: กระโถน (th) (grà-tǒon)
• Turkmen: gorşok
• Ukrainian: нічни́й го́рщик m (ničnýj hórščyk), го́рщик (uk) m (hórščyk)
• Uzbek: tuvak (uz)
• Volapük: neitaskal
• Welsh: troethlestr m