toilet
A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used…A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
» Is there a toilet near here?
Gibt es eine Toilette in der Nähe?
Gibt es ein Klo in der Nähe?
Gibt es in der Nähe eine Toilette?
Здесь поблизости есть туалет?
Тут є туалет неподалік?
Meaning
11 senses(Australia, Hong Kong, India, UK)A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
Sorry, I was in the toilet.
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
(Australia, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, UK)A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
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.
My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.
(figuratively)A very shabby or dirty place.
Scheißladen
пара́шаparáša, сорти́рsortír
(derogatory)A woman.
(obsolete)A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
(obsolete)The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
(archaic, historical)Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
туале́тtualét
туале́тtualét
(archaic)One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
(archaic)A dressing room.
Ankleidezimmer
гардеро́бнаяgarderóbnaja, убо́рнаяubórnaja
гардеро́бнаharderóbna, вбира́льняvbyrálʹnja
the act of dressing and preparing yourself
(obsolete)A chamber pot.
Toilette, Klo
унита́зunitáz
уніта́зunitáz
Examples
725 sentencesIs there a toilet near here?
Тут є туалет неподалік?
ruЗдесь поблизости есть туалет?
deGibt es eine Toilette in der Nähe?
May I go to the toilet?
Можна в туалет?
ruМожно в туалет?
deDarf ich zur Toilette gehen?
We've run out of toilet paper.
У нас закінчився туалетний папір.
ruУ нас закончилась туалетная бумага.
deWir haben kein Toilettenpapier mehr.
I must go to the toilet.
Мені треба до туалету.
deIch muss auf die Toilette gehen.
I need to go to the toilet.
Мені треба до туалету.
ruМне надо отойти в туалет.
deIch muss mal auf die Toilette.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clotFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: toiletsSynonyms
65 synonymsWord family
67 related wordsCollocations
9 patterns- flush the toilet
- toilet paper
- cleaned the toilets
- of toilet paper
- no toilet paper
- the toilet is
- to the toilet
- some toilet
- no toilet