toilet

English

The Toilet of Venus (1751) by François Boucher (sense 6)

A Western flush toilet (sense 1)

A Japanese squat toilet

Ancient Roman pit toilets

Portable toilets in Georgia

Alternative forms

• toilette (archaic, certain senses only)

Etymology

From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to lavatories and then to its fixtures, beginning in the United States in the late 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɪ.lət/, /ˈtɔɪ.lɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪlɪt
• Hyphenation: toi‧let

Noun

toilet (plural toilets)

2. (UK, Australia, Hong Kong) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

   Sorry, I was in the toilet.

   • 2002, Digby Tantam, Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice: A Narrative Framework, page 122:

     He would hit her when she cried and, if this did not work, would lock her in the toilet for hours on end.

   • 2014, C.S. Walter, Abandoned Bridges, pp. 105 f.:

     He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.

   1. (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.

      Synonyms: (US) half bath, half bathroom, (UK) cloakroom

4. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:toilet

   My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.

5. (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, The Mosquito Coast:

     Look around you. It's a toilet.

   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:

     Mr. Gaunt was urbane and smiling again, not a hair out of place. "Do you like this little town? Do you love it? […] " / […] "I hate this fucking toilet," he said to Leland Gaunt.

6. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]
7. (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto I, lines 121-126:

     And now, unveil’d, the toilet stands display’d, / Each silver vase in mystic order laid.

9. (now historical or archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Oxford, published 2009, page 118:

     Against that short evening her toilet was consulted the whole day […] .

   • 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, Come as you are..., Poetry Foundation, page 85:

     Come as you are, tarry not over your toilet.

   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 111:

     Three women got down and standing on the curb they made unabashed toilets, smoothing skirts and stockings, brushing one another's back, opening parcels and donning various finery.

   • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8:

     Here, at night, a lonely but brilliantly neon-illuminated figure, I performed my toilet, watched incuriously by the Burmese seated at the tables of the tea-shops below.

10. (now rare, archaic) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]
    • 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter I, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, page 25:

      It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilette, and never see the great soul in a man's face.

    • 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge:

      "It is a quarter-past two," he said. "Your telegram was dispatched about one. But no one can glance at your toilet and attire without seeing that your disturbance dates from the moment of your waking."

11. (archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]
12. (obsolete) A chamber pot.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chamber pot

13. (incel slang, derogatory) A woman.
    • 2021, anonymous, quoted in Hugo Engholm, "The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 72:

      “I’m not interested in toilets and I don’t think a gf [Girlfriend] is needed to live a fulfilling life.”

    • 2022, Elina Maaranen, "How incel users' communication discriminate women", thesis submitted to Karlstad University, page 24:

      A user, @blacklister, concludes that “toilets are as vacuous as their value besides pleasing men”, with a remark on how women should be handed out by the state to every man to minimise inceldom.

    • 2023, "TheShingTard", quoted in Emma Catherine Leger, "'Misogyny is self defense': A critical analysis of Incel discourse and belief on Incels.is", thesis submitted to Carleton University, page 104:

      I can’t bare listening to a toilet talk. I don’t wanna listen to toilet songs,or watch them in movies. They have nothing to offer other than sexuality

    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:toilet.

Usage notes

• In the United States and Canada, toilet refers most directly to fixtures for containing or removing human waste. As such, although toilet was originally a euphemism itself, its use to describe the place where the toilets are located (e.g., "Where is the toilet?") is now considered somewhat indiscreet; instead, it is more common to employ other euphemisms such as bathroom, restroom, or WC. Until the late 19th century, toilet referred solely to personal grooming, including bathing and hair care. This still appears in toiletries and in various set phrases, such as toilet water and toilet bag. This use is sometimes understood as a new borrowing from French, despite being the older sense of the English word. Medical jargon also includes some set phrases such as pulmonary toilet and toilet of the mouth; in both cases the word toilet means general hygiene.
• In the UK, toilet is a direct-sounding, though not vulgar, word for the fixture or the room or building containing it. Loo is a common informal word with a softer feel. Lavatory is a polite-sounding word, verging towards pedantic in ordinary everyday use. Public toilets may also be called public conveniences or WC (both usually on signs rather than in spoken language), or referred to as the gents (for men) or the ladies (for women). US euphemisms restroom and bathroom are little-used in the UK, except the latter potentially when the toilet fixture is literally in the bathroom of a house.

Derived terms

• aural toilet
• Detoilet
• down the toilet
• ear toilet
• flushing toilet
• flying toilet
• go down the toilet
• go toilet
• go to the toilet
• in the toilet
• I want to go to the toilet
• lung toilet
• make one's toilet
• marine toilet
• pay toilet
• pig toilet
• pit toilet
• public toilet
• pulmonary toilet
• sitting toilet
• the toilet is clogged
• toilet baby
• toilet bag
• toilet basket
• toilet block
• toilet book
• toilet bowl
• toilet box
• toilet break
• toilet brush
• toilet claw
• toilet cloth
• toilet cover
• toilet glass
• toilet humor
• toilet humour
• toilet jack
• toilet of the mouth
• toilet-paper
• toilet paper, TP
• toilet powder
• toilet roll
• toilet roll cosy
• toilet-roll cosy
• toilet-room
• toilet room
• toiletry
• toilet seat
• toilet service
• toilet set
• toilet slipper
• toilet stool
• toilet table
• toilet-table
• toilet tank
• toilet teaching
• toilet tent
• toilet tissue
• toilet-train
• toilet-trained
• toilet trained
• toilet training
• toilet tube
• toilet vinegar
• toilet wand
• toilet water
• toilet wine
• Turkey toilet sponge
• Turkish toilet
• use the toilet
• vault toilet
• Western-style toilet
• where is the toilet

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: toilet
• → Japanese: トイレット, トイレ

Translations

personal grooming

• Belarusian: туале́т m (tualjét)
• Bulgarian: тоале́т (bg) m (toalét)
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梳妝 / 梳妆 (zh) (shūzhuāng)

• Danish: toilette n
• Dutch: toilet (nl)
• Esperanto: tualeto
• Estonian: tualett (et)
• Finnish: siistiytyminen (fi), kaunistautuminen (fi)
• French: toilette (fr) f
• Galician: aseo m
• Greek: τουαλέτα (el) f (toualéta)
• Hungarian: toalett (hu)
• Icelandic: snyrting f
• Interlingua: toilette
• Irish: maisiúchán (ga) m
• Italian: toeletta f, toilette (it) f, toletta f (rare)
• Macedonian: тоале́та f (toaléta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pynting (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: pynting f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: آرایِش (ârâyeš), تُوالِت (tovâlet)

• Polish: toaleta (pl) f
• Portuguese: asseio (pt) m, limpeza (pt) f, asseamento m, toalete (pt) f
• Romanian: toaletă (ro) f
• Russian: туале́т (ru) m (tualét)
• Spanish: aseo (es) m, arreglo (es) m
• Swahili: choo (sw)
• Swedish: toalett (sv) c
• Telugu: ముస్తాబు (te) (mustābu), ముఖప్రక్షాళనము (te) (mukhaprakṣāḷanamu)
• Ukrainian: туале́т m (tualét)

dressing room

• Belarusian: гардэро́бная f (harderóbnaja), прыбіра́льня f (prybirálʹnja)
• Bulgarian: гардеробна f (garderobna), съблекалня (bg) f (sǎblekalnja), гримьорна (bg) f (grimjorna)
• Catalan: tocador m, vestidor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 更衣室 (zh) (gēngyīshì, gēngyīshǐ)

• Danish: påklædningsrum c, garderobe (da) c
• Dutch: kleedkamer (nl) f
• Esperanto: vestejo, tualetejo
• Finnish: pukeutumishuone
• Georgian: ტუალეტის ოთახი (ṭualeṭis otaxi)
• German: Ankleidezimmer (de) n
• Ido: tualeteyo (io)
• Interlingua: toilette
• Irish: maisiúchán (ga) m
• Italian: toeletta f, toilette (it) f, (rare) toletta f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omkledningsrom n

  Nynorsk: omkledingsrom n

• Ojibwe: waakaa'igans
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: اُتاقِ آرایِش (otâğ-e ârâyeš)

• Portuguese: vestiário m
• Russian: гардеро́бная (ru) f (garderóbnaja), убо́рная (ru) f (ubórnaja)
• Spanish: vestidor m
• Swahili: choo (sw), choo (sw)
• Telugu: బట్టలు తొడుక్కోవడము (baṭṭalu toḍukkōvaḍamu)
• Ukrainian: гардеро́бна f (harderóbna), вбира́льня f (vbyrálʹnja)

room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom,‎ men's room,‎ ladies' room,‎ outhouse,‎ portable toilet,‎ latrine,‎ shitter

• Abkhaz: ашьашьма (ašašma)
• Adyghe: псыун (psəwun), щауикӏыпӏ (śawujikʼəpʼ)
• Afrikaans: toilet
• Alabama: aahoppolka, maataaɬoyhilka (formal)
• Albanian: tualet, hale (sq) f, nevojtore (sq) f
• Amharic: ሽንት ቤት (šənt bet)
• Arabic: مِرْحَاض (ar) m (mirḥāḍ), حَمَّام (ar) m (ḥammām), تْوَالِيتّ m (twālitt), دَوْرَةُ المِيَاه f (dawratu l-miyāh)

  Chadian Arabic: كابيني (kābīne)

• Armenian: զուգարան (hy) (zugaran)
• Assamese: শৌচালয় (xousaloy)
• Asturian: bañu (ast) m
• Avar: хӏажатхана (ḥʳažatxana)
• Azerbaijani: tualet, ayaqyolu
• Bambara: ɲɛgɛn, sutura
• Bashkir: бәҙрәф (bəźrəf), әбрәкәй (əbrəkəy), туалет (twalet)
• Basque: bainugela, komun
• Belarusian: туале́т m (tualjét), прыбіра́льня f (prybirálʹnja)
• Bengali: শৌচাগার (bn) (śōucagar), পায়খানা (bn) (paẏkhana), টয়লেট (bn) (ṭoẏleṭ)
• Breton: privezioù (br) pl
• Bulgarian: тоале́тна (bg) f (toalétna), ну́жник m (núžnik), клозе́т m (klozét)
• Burmese: အိမ်သာ (my) (imsa)
• Catalan: bany (ca) m, servei (ca) m, servici (ca) m, vàter (ca) m, lavabo (ca) m, comuna (ca) f
• Chechen: хьаштагӏа (ḥʳaštağa)
• Cheyenne: too'hamémȧhéó'o, o'ėhnémȧhéó'o
• Chickasaw: aboowoshi'
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 廁所 / 厕所 (ci³ so²), 洗手間 / 洗手间 (sai² sau² gaan¹)

  Dungan: моҗүан (možüan), мофон (mofon)

  Eastern Min: 糞坑厝 / 粪坑厝 (bóng-kăng-chió)

  Hokkien: 便所 (zh-min-nan) (piān-só͘)

  Mandarin: 廁所 / 厕所 (zh) (cèsuǒ), 衛生間 / 卫生间 (zh) (wèishēngjiān), 便所 (zh) (biànsuǒ), 洗手間 / 洗手间 (zh) (xǐshǒujiān), 盥洗室 (zh) (guànxǐshì), WC (zh) (informal)

• Chuvash: нушник (nušnik)
• Cornish: privedhyow pl
• Corsican: cacatoghju
• Czech: záchod (cs) m, toaleta (cs) f, hajzl (cs) m, WC (cs) (informal)
• Danish: toilet (da) n, badeværelse (da) n, lokum n, wc (da) n (informal)
• Dutch: toilet (nl) n, wc (nl) m (informal)
• East Central German: Abee m
• Emilian: bågn m, césso m, gabinátt m
• Esperanto: necesejo, latrino (eo)
• Estonian: klosett, tualett (et), vets (et), kemps, kemmerg (informal), peldik (informal), käimla
• Faroese: vesi n, nátthús n
• Finnish: käymälä (fi), vessa (fi), miestenhuone (fi) (men's room), naistenhuone (fi) (ladies' room), hyyskä (fi), toiletti (fi), kylpyhuone (fi), klosetti (fi) (dated), kylppäri (fi), veski (fi), WC (fi) (informal)
• French: toilettes (fr) f pl, toilette (fr) f, cabinet (fr) m, petit coin (fr) m, waters (fr) m pl, wc (fr) m (informal)
• Friulian: čhiadôr m
• Galician: baño (gl) m, cuarto de baño (gl) m, retrete (gl) m, servizo (gl) m, servicio m, váter (gl) m (informal)
• Georgian: საპირფარეშო (saṗirparešo), ტუალეტი (ṭualeṭi)
• German: Toilette (de) f, Kloset n, Klosett (de) n, Wasserklosett (de) n, Abtritt (de), Abort (de) m, Klo (de) n, WC (de) n (informal)

  Alemannic German: Schiishüüsli n, Örtli n, Abbeh m, Ábord m

• Gothic: 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 m (urruns)
• Greek: τουαλέτα (el) f (toualéta), αποχωρητήριο (el) n (apochoritírio), αφοδευτήριο (el) n (afodeftírio)

  Ancient: ἀφεδρών m (aphedrṓn)

• Greenlandic: anartarfik, perusuersartarfik
• Gujarati: શૌચાલય (śaucālya)
• Haitian Creole: twalèt, latrin
• Hebrew: שירותים \ שֵׁרוּתִים m pl (sherutím), בֵּית שִׁמּוּשׁ (he) m (bēt shimúsh), נוֹחִיּוּת (he) f (noḥiyút)
• Hindi: शौचालय (hi) m (śaucālay), टॉयलेट m (ṭŏyleṭ), प्रसाधन (hi) (prasādhan)
• Hungarian: mosdó (hu), árnyékszék (hu), illemhely (hu), mellékhelyiség (hu), toalett (hu), WC (hu) (informal)
• Icelandic: klósett (is) n, baðherbergi (is) n, salerni (is) n, snyrting f, vatnssalerni n
• Ido: latrino (io)
• Indonesian: toilet (id), kamar kecil (id), WC (informal)
• Ingrian: nuužnikka
• Ingush: хьаштагӏа (ḥʳaštağa)
• Interlingua: water closet, wc, W.C.
• Irish: leithreas m, ionlann f
• Italian: bagno (it) m, gabinetto (it) m, toilette (it) f, ritirata (it) f, water (it) m, cesso (it) m, WC (it) m (informal), toeletta f, toletta f (rare), latrina (it) f
• Japanese: トイレ (ja) (toire), 便所 (ja) (べんじょ, benjo), 便室 (ja) (べんしつ, benshitsu), 手水場 (ja) (ちょうずば, chōzuba), 分別所 (ja) (ふんべつどころ, funbetsudokoro), 御不浄 (ja) (ごふじょう, gofujō), 憚り (ja) (はばかり, habakari), 隠所 (ja) (いんじょ, injo), 浄房 (ja) (じょうぼう, jōbō), お手洗い (ja) (おてあらい, otearai), 手洗い (ja) (tearai), 閑所 (ja) (かんじょ, kanjo), 厠 (ja) (かわや, kawaya), 化粧室 (ja) (けしょうしつ, keshōshitsu), 後架 (ja) (こうか, kōka), 洗面所 (ja) (せんめんじょ, senmenjo), 雪隠 (ja) (せっちん, setchin), 用場 (ja) (ようば, yōba)
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಸಾಧನ (kn) (prasādhana)
• Karelian: matkalovit, matus
• Kazakh: дәретхана (däretxana), әжетхана (äjetxana)
• Khmer: បង្គន់ (km) (bɑngkŭən)
• Khoekhoe: ǁgasen ǃnâ-oms
• Korean: 뒷간 (ko) (dwitgan), 화장실(化粧室) (ko) (hwajangsil), 변소(便所) (ko) (byeonso)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاودەست (awdest)

  Northern Kurdish: destavxane (ku) f, avdestxane (ku) f, daşir (ku) f, tiwalet (ku) f, WC (ku) f, edeb (ku) f, rîtinxane (ku) f, mîstinxane (ku) f, destavxane (ku), qedemgeh (ku), avrêj (ku)

• Kyrgyz: туалет (ky) (tualet), даараткана (ky) (daaratkana), ажаткана (ky) (ajatkana)
• Lao: ຫ້ອງນ້ຳ (hǭng nam)
• Latin: lātrīna f, lātrīnum n, forica f (public)
• Latvian: tualete f
• Lezgi: гьажетхана (hažetꭓana), захутӏ (zaꭓuṭ)
• Lithuanian: tualetas m
• Luhya: echoo
• Macedonian: кло́зет m (klózet), ну́жник m (núžnik), тоале́т m (toalét), ве-це m (ve-ce), ба́ња f (bánja), капа́тило n (kapátilo)
• Malagasy: fidiovana (mg)
• Malay: bilik air (ms), tandas (ms), toilet (ms)
• Malayalam: കക്കൂസ് (ml) (kakkūsŭ), ശൗചാലയം (śaucālayaṁ)
• Maltese: kamra tal-ħasil f, tromba f, toilet, latrina
• Maori: wharepaku (mi), torohē
• Marathi: शौचालय (śaucālay)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: жорлон (mn) (žorlon), нойл (nojl) (Mongolia), бие засах өрөө (bije zasax öröö), ариун цэврийн өрөө (ariun cevriin öröö)

  Mongolian: ᠵᠣᠷᠯᠤᠩ (ǰorlung), ᠪᠡᠶ᠎ᠡ
  ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ
  ᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡ (bey-e ǰasaqu örüge), ᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠨ
  ᠴᠡᠪᠡᠷ ᠦᠨ
  ᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡ (ariɣun čeber-ün örüge)

• Mwani: chowero
• Navajo: chąąʼ báhooghan, ańdaʼaldáhí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: toalett (no) n, do (no) m or n, WC n (informal), klosett (no) n

  Nynorsk: toalett n, do m or n, WC n (informal), klosett n

• Nǀuu: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: comuns (oc) m pl
• Odia: ପାଇଖାନା (or) (pāikhānā)
• Ojibwe: miiziiwigamig, miiziiwigamigoons
• Osage: ožéhci
• Ossetian: пысу́нӕ (pysúnæ)
• Pannonian Rusyn: тоалет m (toalet), нужнїк m (nužnjik)
• Pashto: بيت الخلا (ps) m (bayt olxalã), پاخانه (ps) f (pāxāná), تشناب (ps) m (tašnāb)
• Persian:

  Dari: تَشْنَاب (tašnāb)

  Iranian Persian: تُوالِت (tovâlet), دَسْتْشویی (dastšuyi), مُسْتَراح (mostarâh)

• Plautdietsch: Kloo m
• Polish: toaleta (pl) f, ubikacja (pl) f, ustęp (pl) m, kibel (pl) m, wucet (pl) m (colloquial), wychodek (pl) m (separate from apartment), sracz (pl) m (rude), klop (pl) m (colloquial), świątynia dumania f (playful)
• Portuguese: lavatório (pt) m, lavabo (pt), toalete (pt) m, sanita (pt) f, privada (pt) f (Brazil), retrete (pt) f, sentina f, vaso (pt) m, banheiro (pt) m (Brazil), casa de banho (pt) f (Portugal), WC m (informal)
• Punjabi: ਟਾਇਲਟ (ṭāilaṭ), ਟੱਟੀ (pa) f (ṭaṭṭī)
• Quechua: jisp'ana wasi
• Romanian: toaletă (ro) f, closet (ro) n, cameră de baie f, WC n (informal)
• Romansch: tualetta f
• Russian: туале́т (ru) m (tualét), убо́рная (ru) f (ubórnaja), клозе́т (ru) m (klozét)
• Sardinian: bàscia f, gabbinéte m, gabbinétu m
• Scots: cludgie
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh beag m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ну̏жнӣк m, тоа̀лет m, купатило n, купао́ница f, за́ход m, купаона f

  Roman: nȕžnīk (sh) m, toalet (sh) m, kupatilo (sh) n, kupaónica (sh) f, záhod (sh) m, kupaona (sh) f

• Shona: chimbuzi
• Sinhalese: වැසිකිළිය (wæsikiḷiya), වැසිකිලිය (wæsikiliya)
• Slovak: záchod (sk) m
• Slovene: stranišče (sl) n
• Somali: suuli (so)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: toaleta f

• Sotho: boithomêlô, ntlwana
• Spanish: baño (es) m, inodoro (es) m, común (es) m, retrete (es) m, servicio (es) m (Spain), excusado (es) m (chiefly Mexico), sanitario (es) m (Colombia, Mexico), poceta (es) f (Venezuela, informal), váter (es) m (Spain, informal), wáter m, watercló m (Latin America, informal), lavabo (es) m (Catalonia)
• Sundanese: jamban (su)
• Swahili: choo (sw) class 7/8
• Swedish: toalett (sv) c, sc (sv), dass (sv) n (informal)
• Tagalog: palikuran (tl)
• Tahitian: fare iti
• Tajik: ҳоҷатхона (hojatxona), хало (xalo), мабраз (mabraz)
• Tamil: உடுத்துதல் (ta) (uṭuttutal), கழிவறை (ta) (kaḻivaṟai), கழிப்பறை (ta) (kaḻippaṟai)
• Tatar: бәдрәф (tt) (bädräf), әбрәкәй (äbräkäy)
• Telugu: మరుగు దొడ్డి (te) (marugu doḍḍi), స్నానాలగది (te) (snānālagadi)
• Thai: ห้องน้ำ (th) (hɔ̂ng-náam), สุขา (th) (sù-kǎa), ส้วม (th) (sûuam)
• Tibetan: གསང་སྤྱོད (gsang spyod), གཟིམ་སྤྱོད (gzim spyod) (honorific)
• Tigrinya: ዓይኒ ምድሪ (ʿayni mədri), ሽቓቕ (šəx̣ax̣), ቤት ንጽህና (bet nəṣhəna)
• Tok Pisin: liklik haus, smolhaus
• Turkish: tuvalet (tr), hacethane, hela (tr), yüz numara, lavabo (tr), kenef (tr), ayakyolu (tr), abdesthane (tr), aptesane
• Turkmen: tuwalet, hajathana
• Tuvan: туалет (tualet)
• Ukrainian: туале́т m (tualét), вбира́льня f (vbyrálʹnja), вихо́док (vyxódok)
• Urdu: پاخانَہ m (pāxāna), بَیتُ الْخَلاء m (baitu l-xalā') (formal), بَیتُ الْخَلا m (baitu l-xalā) (formal), جائے ضَرُور m (jāe zarūr), حاجَت گاہ f (hājat gāh), صِحَت خانَہ m (sihat xāna), مُسْتَراح m (mustarāh)
• Uyghur: ھاجەتخانا (hajetxana), خالا جاي (xala jay), پوقلاق (poqlaq), خالا (xala)
• Uzbek: hojatxona (uz), tualet
• Vietnamese: vệ sinh (vi) (衛生), nhà vệ sinh, phòng vệ sinh, cầu tiêu (vi), nhà cầu (vi), toa-lét
• Volapük: tvalet
• Welsh: tŷ bach (cy) m, toiled (cy) m, lle chwech (cy) m
• White Hmong: tsev viv
• Yiddish: וואַשצימער m (vashtsimer)
• Yoruba: ilé ìyàgbẹ́
• Zhuang: cijgaeng, diengzhaex

fixture used for urination and defecation — see also flush toilet,‎ squat toilet,‎ chemical toilet,‎ urinal,‎ latrine

• Afrikaans: toilet
• Arabic: مِرْحَاض (ar) m (mirḥāḍ)

  Egyptian Arabic: تواليت m (tuwalit), كبنيه m (kabanē), قعدة f (aʕda)

  Hijazi Arabic: كَبِنيه m (kabinē)

• Armenian: զուգարան (hy) (zugaran)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܲܫܡܵܐ f (čašmā), ܦܪܘܼܬܕܩܵܐ m (prutdqā)
• Asturian: escusáu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: ayaqyolu
• Bashkir: унитаз (unitaz)
• Basque: komun
• Belarusian: туале́т m (tualjét)
• Breton: privezioù (br) f pl
• Bulgarian: тоале́тна (bg) f (toalétna)
• Catalan: excusat (ca) m, lavabo (ca) m, vàter (ca) m, comuna (ca) f
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬桶 / 马桶 (zh) (mǎtǒng)

• Cornish: pisva f
• Corsican: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: záchod (cs), záchodová mísa f, toaleta (cs)
• Danish: toilet (da) n, wc (da) n, toiletkumme (da) c
• Dutch: toiletpot (nl) m, wc-pot (nl) m, wc (nl) m
• Emilian: cesso m, gabinátt (Bolognese)
• Esperanto: klozeto, fekseĝo
• Estonian: WC-pott (et), pott
• Faroese: kumma f, vesikumma f
• Finnish: wc-istuin, vessanpönttö (fi), wc-pönttö, pönttö (fi)
• French: toilettes (fr) f pl, cabinets (fr) f pl, w.-c. (fr) m
• Friulian: necessari m, comud m
• Galician: retrete (gl) m, inodoro (gl) m, váter (gl) m
• Georgian: უნიტაზი (uniṭazi), ტუალეტი (ṭualeṭi)
• German: Toilette (de) f, Klo (de) n
• Greek: λεκάνη (el) f (lekáni)

  Ancient: ἀφεδρών m (aphedrṓn)

• Guaraní: jekakaha
• Hawaiian: lua, ipu lua
• Hebrew: אַסְלָה (he) f (aslá)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: vécé (hu), WC (hu), vécécsésze (hu)
• Icelandic: klósett (is) n
• Ido: latrino (io)
• Indonesian: toilet (id), kloset (id), WC
• Interlingua: water-closet
• Italian: water (it) m, water closet (it) m, WC (it) m, tazza (it) f, vaso (it) m, vaso sanitario m, cesso (it) m
• Japanese: 便器 (ja) (べんき, benki)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: унитаз (unitaz)
• Komi-Zyrian: унитаз (uńitaz)
• Korean: 변기(便器) (ko) (byeon'gi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ຫ້ອງນ້ຳ
• Latin: lātrīna f (properly 'latrine')
• Latvian: klozetpods
• Lithuanian: klozetas m
• Lombard: gabinett m (Milanese)
• Luhya: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: Toilette, Klo
• Macedonian: шолја f (šolja)
• Malagasy: toerana fidiovana
• Malay: mangkuk tandas, tandas (ms), jamban (ms), kamar air
• Malayalam: കക്കൂസ് (ml) (kakkūsŭ)
• Maltese: tojlit m
• Maori: heketua, hamuti, turuma
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: жорлонгийн шаазан хөтөвч (žorlongiin šaazan xötövč)

• Mwani: chowero
• Nahuatl: cuitlacalli (nah), axixicalli, nemanauilcalli
• Navajo: chąąʼ báʼásaaʼ, łeetsʼaałgaaí
• Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} hivsset
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: toalett (no) n, vannklosett n, vassklosett n

  Nynorsk: toalett n, vassklosett n

• Occitan: lavatinas f pl, privat (oc) m
• Ojibwe: miiziiwinaagan
• Persian:

  Dari: تَشْنَاب (tašnāb)

  Iranian Persian: تُوالِت (tovâlet), دَسْتْشویی (dastšuyi), مُسْتَراح (mostarâh)

• Piedmontese: cess m
• Plautdietsch: Kloo m
• Polish: klozet (pl) m, sedes (pl) m, ubikacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: vaso sanitário (pt) m (Brazil), privada (pt) f (Brazil), retrete (pt) f (Portugal), sanita (pt) f (Portugal), latrina (pt) f, ^{(please verify)} citina f
• Romanian: toaletă (ro) f, closet (ro) f, vece (ro) n, privată (ro) f
• Romansch: tualetta f
• Russian: унита́з (ru) m (unitáz)
• Sardinian: privàda f, tzèsso m
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh beag m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тоа̀лет m, шо́ља f, клозетска шоља f

  Latin: toàlet (sh) m, šólja (sh) f, klozetska šolja f

• Sicilian: cessu (scn) m, cabbinettu (scn) m, tazza f
• Sinhalese: වැසිකිළිය (wæsikiḷiya)
• Slovak: záchod (sk) m, toaleta f
• Slovene: stranišče (sl), toaleta
• Somali: beytalmay, musqul
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: rožk m, wenk m, toaleta f

  Upper Sorbian: hajzl n, nuznik, wustup

• Sotho: ntlwana
• Spanish: inodoro (es) m, excusado (es) m, taza del baño f (Mexico), retrete (es) m, wáter m (Peru), váter (es) m
• Swahili: choo (sw), kibakuli cha choo
• Swedish: toalett (sv) c, toalettstol (sv) c
• Tagalog: inidoro, palikuran (tl)
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: கக்கூசு (ta) (kakkūcu)
• Telugu: కమోడ్ (kamōḍ)
• Thai: โถส้วม (th) (tǒo-sûuam)
• Turkish: tuvalet (tr)
• Turkmen: tualet
• Ukrainian: уніта́з m (unitáz)
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
• Venetan: cesso m
• Vietnamese: xí bệt, cầu tiêu (vi)
• Welsh: toiled (cy), powlen tŷ bach

place resembling a filthy toilet

• Bulgarian: кенеф m (kenef)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: läävä (fi), sikolätti (fi)
• German: Scheißladen (de) m
• Icelandic: skítastaður m, skítapleis n (slang)
• Italian: schifezza (it) f, cesso (it) m (slang)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dass (no) n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مَحَلِّ کَثیف (mahall-e kasif)

• Portuguese: chiqueiro (pt) m
• Russian: пара́ша (ru) f (paráša), сорти́р (ru) m (sortír)
• Spanish: chiquero (es) m, muladar (es) m
• Swahili: choo (sw)
• Telugu: పాయిఖానా (pāyikhānā)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} huisje (nl) n, ^{(please verify)} kleinste kamertje n

Verb

toilet (third-person singular simple present toilets, present participle toileting or toiletting, simple past and past participle toileted or toiletted)

1. (dated) To dress and groom oneself.
2. To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
   • 1974, Philip J. Hilts, Behavior Mod‎^[1], Harper's Magazine Press, page 74:

     We use imitation. We take a doll, a doll that can wet, and make sure it has pants on it. We use the principle that a very effective way of learning is by teaching. Se we have him teach the doll how to toilet properly.

   • 2024 February 17 (last accessed), Jenny Morber, “Scientists turn pee into power in Uganda”, in Upworthy Science‎^[2]:

     In many developing regions, toileting at night is especially dangerous for children. Without electrical power for lighting, kids may fall into the deep pits of the latrines through broken or unsteady floorboards. Girls are sometimes assaulted by men who hide in the dark.

3. To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.

   Synonym: bathroom

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Toilet”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Further reading

• toilet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Eliott, Lottie, litote

Chinese

Alternative forms

• toile

Etymology

From English toilet. The pronunciation toi¹ ji⁴ le⁴ is probably from Japanese トイレ (toire), in turn from English toilet.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹ let⁴ / to¹ ji⁴ le⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi¹ let⁴ / to¹ ji⁴ le⁴
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹ let⁴ / to¹ ji⁴ le⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi¹ léd⁴ / to¹ yi⁴ lé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɛːt̚²¹/, /tʰɔː⁵⁵ jiː²¹ lɛː²¹/

Noun

toilet

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) toilet, bathroom

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廁所 (“toilet; restroom; bathroom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		廁, 圊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廁所, 洗手間, 衛生間, 盥洗室, 化妝室, 化妝間
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 東廁, 東司兒
	Taiwan	廁所, 洗手間
	Langfang	茅房
	Ulanhot	茅樓
	Tongliao	茅樓
	Chifeng	廁所兒, 茅廁, 茅房
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	廁所, 茅樓, 茅廁
	Harbin	廁所兒, 廁所, 便所兒, 茅樓兒, 茅房, 一號兒
	Shenyang	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 欄子, 便所, 茅樓兒
	Malaysia	廁所
	Singapore	廁所
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 茅樓兒, 茅所, 茅坑兒
	Tangshan	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房
	Cangzhou	廁所, 茅房, 茅子
	Baoding	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房
	Shijiazhuang	廁所, 茅坑, 茅廁
	Jinan	茅房, 茅廁, 一號, 茅子 Hui
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	茅廁, 廁所兒, 便所兒
	Qingdao	廁所兒, 茅房
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	茅房, 茅廁, 後茅子, 後路兒
	Daming	茅子
	Wanrong	茅子, 後頭
	Zhengzhou	茅廁, 廁所
	Xi'an	廁所, 茅子, 茅房, 後頭
	Xining	茅廁, 後樓, 圈圈
	Xuzhou	廁所兒, 廁所, 屎茅子, 茅子, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號兒, 一號
	Pizhou	糞茅子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	茅房, 茅坑
	Donghai	茅道
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	茅圈, 茅房
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	茅圈, 茅房
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	茅房, 茅子, 廁所, 後路, 後頭
	Bayanhot	廁所, 茅廁
	Lanzhou	茅廁, 茅房
	Ürümqi	茅房, 後頭, 廁所兒, 一號兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	廁所, 茅房, 茅廁
	Chongqing	廁所, 茅廁
	Wuhan	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號, 一步樓 dated
	Guiyang	廁所, 茅廁
	Kunming	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房
	Guilin	廁所, 茅廁
	Liuzhou	廁所, 茅廁, 屎坑, 糞坑, 茅坑, 灰屋 rural
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	廁所, 茅廁
	Kokang	茅廁
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	廁所
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	茅廁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	廁所, 茅廁, 一號
	Yangzhou	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房
	Baoying	茅廁
	Taizhou	茅缸
	Zhenjiang	茅廁
	Lianyungang	茅房
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	茅廁
	Xuyi	茅廁
	Xinghua	屎缸, 茅廁, 茅缸
	Nantong	茅缸, 茅廁, 茅房, 茅房缸, 池缸, 屎缸
	Rugao	茅缸
	Yancheng	茅缸
	Funing	茅廁
	Sihong	茅廁
	Hefei	廁所, 茅廁
	Huanggang	茅廁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	廁所, 屎坑
	Hong Kong	廁所, toilet, 洗手間, 屎坑
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	屎坑
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	廁坑
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	糞缸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	屎缸
	Macau	屎坑, 廁所
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	屎坑, 廁所
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	灰圍, 廁所
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	屎坑
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	糞坑
	Foshan	屎坑, 廁所
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	屎坑
	Foshan (Shunde)	廁所
	Foshan (Sanshui)	屎坑
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	廁所
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	廁所
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	廁所
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	屎坑
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屎坑
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	屎坑
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	屎坑
	Taishan	廁所, 屎糞壘, 屎坑
	Kaiping (Chikan)	屎坑, 糞壘
	Enping (Niujiang)	廁所, 屎缸
	Heshan (Yayao)	廁所
	Dongguan	廁坑, 屎糞坑
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	屎坑
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	屎缸
	Qingyuan	屎坑
	Fogang	糞尾仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	屎坑
	Yangshan	糞缸
	Lianshan (Butian)	屎坑
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	糞槽
	Shaoguan	屎坑
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	廁所, 屎坑
	Renhua	糞寮
	Lechang	屎坑, 廁所
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	廁所, 屎坑
	Sihui	屎坑
	Guangning	屎坑
	Deqing	屎坑
	Huaiji	糞卜
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	屎坑
	Yunfu	糞六
	Xinxing	屎欄
	Luoding	屎坑
	Yunan (Pingtai)	屎坑
	Yangjiang	糞六, 糞廁
	Xinyi	糞坑
	Lianjiang	廁所
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	屎樓 proper, 糞坑 simple, 屎坑
	Nanning	廁所, 屎坑
	Wuzhou	廁所, 屎坑
	Yulin	屎卜, 灰卜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	屎坑
	Guiping	屎坑
	Mengshan (Xihe)	屎坑
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	屎坑
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	屎坑
	Baise	屎坑
	Bobai	屎坑
	Lingshan	屎坑
Pubei	屎坑
Qinzhou	屎坑
Beihai	屎坑
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	廁所, 糞坑
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	廁所, 屎坑
Ningming	屎坑
Hengzhou	屎坑
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	茅廁
Danzhou	私房
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	廁所
Penang (Guangfu)	廁所
Ipoh (Guangfu)	廁所
Singapore (Guangfu)	廁所, 屎坑
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	廁所
Móng Cái	廁所, 糞坑
Gan	Nanchang	茅廁, 茅缸, 廁所
	Poyang	茅廁
	Yugan	東司
	Wannian	東司
	Yiyang, Jiangxi	茅廁
	Hengfeng	茅廁
	Yanshan (Hekou)	茅廁
	Lichuan	茅廁, 窖上
	Pingxiang	廁所, 灰屋, 東司 dated
	Guixi	屎窖
Hakka	Meixian	廁所, 屎窖, 屎缸
	Xingning	屎缸
	Dabu (Gaobei)	屎缸
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	屎缸
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	糞缸
	Fengshun (Pantian)	屎缸
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Huiyang	糞缸
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Huidong (Daling)	糞缸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	糞廁
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Boluo (Bendihua)	屎坑
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	糞缸
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	糞缸
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	糞缸, 廁所
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	廁所
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	屎缸
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	屎缸
	Wuhua (Changbu)	屎缸
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	屎缸
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	屎湖
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	糞缸
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	屎湖
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	屎湖
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Wengyuan	屎缸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	屎寮
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	屎坑
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	屎棚
	Liannan	屎缸
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	糞缸
	Jiexi	屎缸
	Luhe	廁缸
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	屎缸
	Changting	屎窖, 屎缸
	Wuping	屎缸
	Wuping (Yanqian)	屎缸
	Wuping (Pingyu)	屎缸下
	Liancheng	屎缸
	Ninghua	東司, 廁所
	Yudu	屎坑, 茅廁, 糞坑, 廁所
	Ningdu	廁缸
	Ruijin	屎缸, 糞寮下
	Shicheng	肥湖, 灰寮
	Shangyou (Shexi)	糞坑, 糞缸
	Tonggu (Sandu)	灰舍
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	茅廁
	Dayu	糞坑
	Taoyuan	便所
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	便所, 糞窖, 糞缸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	便所, 糞窖, 糞缸, 糞缸仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	便所, 糞窖, 糞缸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	便所, 糞窖, 糞缸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	便所, 糞窖, 糞缸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	便所
	Hong Kong	屎坑, 廁所, 糞缸
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	糞氹
Yangchun (Sanjia)	糞氹
Xinyi (Sihe)	糞氹
Xinyi (Qianpai)	糞缸
Gaozhou (Xindong)	糞坑
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	糞湖
Huazhou (Xin'an)	屎窩
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	屎湖
Lianjiang (Qingping)	屎湖
Mengshan (Xihe)	糞缸
Luchuan	糞缸
Luchuan (Daqiao)	糞窩
Bobai (Shahe)	糞窩
Beiliu (Tang'an)	屎坑
Mashan (Pianlian)	屎坑
Sabah (Longchuan)	屎坑, 廁所
Senai (Huiyang)	屎坑
Kuching (Hepo)	屎缸
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	廁缸, 尿缸
Singkawang	水間
Singapore (Meixian)	沖涼房
Singapore (Dabu)	屎缸
Huizhou	Jixi	茅廁, 廁所
	Shexian	廁所, 茅廁, 茅缸
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	屎缸, 廁所
	Xiuning	屎缸
	Yixian	茅廁
	Qimen	茅廁
	Wuyuan	茅廁, 東司
	Fuliang	茅廁
	Dexing	茅廁, 東司
Jin	Taiyuan	茅子, 茅房
	Pingyao	茅子
	Xinzhou	茅子
	Taibus (Baochang)	茅廁
	Linhe	廁所, 茅房
	Jining	廁所, 茅房, 茅子
	Hohhot	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房
	Baotou	茅房, 茅子
	Dongsheng	廁所
	Haibowan	茅房
	Zhangjiakou	廁所, 茅房
	Handan	廁所, 茅廁, 茅房
Northern Min	Jian'ou	屎坑, 東司, 廁所
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	糞厝
	Songxi	窖楻間
	Zhenghe	窖楻間
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	窖楻欄
	Jianyang	茅廁
	Wuyishan	茅廁
	Pucheng (Shibei)	茅廁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	糞坑厝, 糞坑, 廁所
	Fuzhou (Changle)	糞坑厝
	Fuqing	糞坑厝, 糞池
	Yongtai	糞坑
	Gutian	屎坑
	Fu'an	烌樓
	Ningde	糞池, 糞池頭
	Shouning	屎楻
	Zhouning	屎欄
	Fuding	屎坑
	Matsu	糞池, 廁所
Southern Min	Xiamen	屎礐, 礐廁, 廁所, 化礐
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	屎礐
	Quanzhou	屎礐, 廁所, 化礐
	Jinjiang	屎礐
	Hui'an	屎礐
	Anxi	屎礐
	Yongchun	屎礐
	Zhangzhou	屎礐, 廁所, 礐仔, 屎礐仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	礐仔
	Zhao'an	肚缸
	Dongshan	屎礐, 尿間仔
	Taipei	屎礐, 便所
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	屎礐
	Kaohsiung	屎礐仔, 便所
	Yilan	礐仔, 屎礐仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	屎礐, 便所
	Taichung	屎礐仔, 便所
	Taichung (Wuqi)	便所
	Tainan	屎礐仔
	Taitung	便所
	Hsinchu	屎礐仔間, 便所
	Kinmen	屎礐, 便所, 染顏
	Penghu (Magong)	屎礐, 便所
	Penang (Hokkien)	染蠻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	染蠻, 沖水間
	Manila (Hokkien)	廁所, 礐廁, 屎礐 dated
	Longyan	東司
	Zhangping	屎礐
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	糞牢, 屎礐
	Datian	屎楻頭, 糞櫥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	屎坑
	Chaozhou	東司, 屎缸
	Shantou	廁所, 東司
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	廁所
	Jieyang	東司, 屎缸
	Haifeng	廁所, 屎礐, 屎圍
	Bangkok (Teochew)	公司窿, 公房
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	染蠻
	Singapore (Teochew)	染蠻
	Pontianak (Teochew)	染蠻
	Leizhou	屎礐
	Wenchang	恭房
	Haikou	恭房, 屎恭房, 屎礐
	Qionghai	恭房
	Singapore (Hainanese)	恭房
Puxian Min	Putian	糞池兜, 廁所
	Xianyou	糞池兜
Central Min	Yong'an	肥池
	Sanming (Shaxian)	屎坑
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	廁所, 屎坑
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	糞厝, 屎甕, 廁甕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屎坑
	Nanning (Xinxu)	廁所
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	茅廁
Shehua	Fu'an	屎楻寮
	Sanming	屎楻
	Hua'an	屎礐
	Lishui	屎楻間
	Chaozhou	屎缸
	Fengshun	糞缸
Wu	Shanghai	廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬桶間, 洗手間, 小便間, 盥洗室, 坑棚, 坑棚間, 茅坑, 一號 slang, 一號間 slang, 世界盃 humorous
	Shanghai (Chongming)	坑棚
	Suzhou	廁所, 茅坑, 屎坑, 坑棚, 屎坑棚, 馬桶間
	Wuxi	廁所, 茅坑
	Changshu	坑缸間
	Nantong (Haimen)	坑棚
	Changzhou	廁所
	Danyang	廁所, 廁所間, 茅坑
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	茅屎缸
	Hangzhou	廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬子間, 茅坑
	Ningbo	屙坑間, 屙坑, 茅坑, 坑頭, 坑頭間, 坑跟間, 屙缸, 馬桶間, 衛生間, 廁所間, 廁所
	Wenzhou	茅坑, 尿盆間, 廁所
	Jinhua	廁所, 茅坑
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	東司, 茅坑
	Shangrao	茅廁
	Shangrao (Guangfeng)	茅廁
	Yushan	茅坑
Xiang	Changsha	茅廁, 茅廁屋, 廁屋 suburbs
	Xiangtan	茅廁屋, 廁所
	Loudi	茅廁
	Shuangfeng	茅廁
	Hengyang	毛廁
	Quanzhou	茅廁

Danish

Etymology

From Old French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toalɛt/, [tˢoaˈlɛd̥]; /tɔilɛt/, [tˢʌiˈlɛd̥]

Noun

toilet n (singular definite toilettet, plural indefinite toiletter)

1. toilet, bathroom (room containing a lavatory)

   Synonym: wc

2. toilet (fixture used for urination and defecation)

Inflection

Declension of toilet

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	toilet	toilettet	toiletter	toiletterne
genitive	toilets	toilettets	toiletters	toiletternes

Derived terms

• offentligt toilet
• toiletartikler
• toiletbord
• toiletbørste
• toiletgarniture
• toiletmøbel
• toiletpapir
• toiletpose
• toiletrulle
• toiletspejl
• toiletsæbe
• toilettaske

Related terms

• grande toilette
• gøre toilette
• toilette

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French toilette, from Old French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʋaːˈlɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: toi‧let

Noun

toilet n (plural toiletten, diminutive toiletje n)

1. toilet, bathroom (room containing a lavatory)

   Synonyms: privaat, wc

2. toilet (fixture used for urination and defecation)

   Synonym: wc

3. personal grooming

Derived terms

• toiletbril
• toilethok
• toiletjuffrouw
• toiletpapier
• toilettas

Descendants

• → Indonesian: toilet

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch toilet, from Old French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtoi̯lɛt/ [ˈt̪oi̯.lɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -oi̯lɛt
• Syllabification: toi‧let

Noun

toilèt (plural toilet-toilet)

1. toilet, bathroom (room containing a lavatory)
2. toilet (fixture used for urination and defecation)

   Synonyms: jamban, kakus, peturasan, tandas, WC

3. personal grooming

Further reading

• “toilet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English toilet.

Noun

toilet

1. toilet