Meaning

3 senses
  1. An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.

  2. (India)Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.

    Latrine

    убо́рнаяubórnaja, отхо́жее ме́стоotxóžeje mésto, сорти́рsortír

  3. (obsolete)A chamber pot.

More definitions
  • a public toilet in a military area

Examples

4 sentences
  1. From the smell alone, I knew we weren't far from the latrines.

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  2. Where is the latrine?

    ruГде уборная?

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  3. This latrine stinks.

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  4. The latrine stinks.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse:

Origin

From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin lātrīna.

From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin lātrīna.

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Forms

plural: latrines
Singularlatrine
Plurallatrines

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
other toilet facilities:toiletA1
bathroomA1privyand Thesaurus:chamber pot

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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