Meaning

11 senses

  1. (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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. (figuratively)A very shabby or dirty place.

    Scheißladen

    пара́шаparáša, сорти́рsortír

  5. (derogatory)A woman.

  6. (obsolete)A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.

  7. (obsolete)The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.

  8. (archaic, historical)Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.

    туале́тtualét

    туале́тtualét

  9. (archaic)One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.

  10. (archaic)A dressing room.

    Ankleidezimmer

    гардеро́бнаяgarderóbnaja, убо́рнаяubórnaja

    гардеро́бнаharderóbna, вбира́льняvbyrálʹnja

    the act of dressing and preparing yourself

  11. (obsolete)A chamber pot.

    Toilette, Klo

    унита́зunitáz

    уніта́зunitáz

Examples

725 sentences

  1. Is there a toilet near here?

    Тут є туалет неподалік? — deniko

    ruЗдесь поблизости есть туалет? — odexed

    deGibt es eine Toilette in der Nähe? — jakov

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  2. May I go to the toilet?

    Можна в туалет? — deniko

    ruМожно в туалет? — marafon

    deDarf ich zur Toilette gehen? — faehrmann

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  3. We've run out of toilet paper.

    У нас закінчився туалетний папір. — Rovo

    ruУ нас закончилась туалетная бумага. — odexed

    deWir haben kein Toilettenpapier mehr. — Luiaard

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  4. I must go to the toilet.

    Мені треба до туалету. — deniko

    deIch muss auf die Toilette gehen. — JWeighardt

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  5. I need to go to the toilet.

    Мені треба до туалету. — deniko

    ruМне надо отойти в туалет. — Karok

    deIch muss mal auf die Toilette. — Zaghawa

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet:
obsolete: dressing room — see also dressing room:
fixture used for urination and defecation — see also flush toilet, squat toilet, chemical toilet, urinal, latrine, water closet:
Русский
By meaning 4
room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet:
very shabby or dirty place:
obsolete: dressing room — see also dressing room:
fixture used for urination and defecation — see also flush toilet, squat toilet, chemical toilet, urinal, latrine, water closet:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
room used for urination and defecation — see also bathroom, men's room, ladies' room, outhouse, portable toilet, latrine, shitter, water closet:
very shabby or dirty place:
obsolete: dressing room — see also dressing room:

Origin

From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clot

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.

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Forms

plural: toilets

Synonyms

55 synonyms
facilitiesB2canA2commodeC2panA2potB1stoolB2headA1half bathroomcloakroomchamberchamber potchemical toiletCousin Johngazunder
Close in meaning

Word family

66 related words
RelatedlavatoryC1gentsladiesloothunderboxwashroombog rolltoilet papertoilet rolltoilet slipperchamber pot
Derivedaural toiletear toiletflushing toiletflying toiletgo toiletlung toiletmarine toiletnontoiletpay toiletpig toiletpit toiletpublic toiletpulmonary toiletsitting toilettoilegamitoilet babytoilet bagtoilet blocktoilet bowltoilet breaktoilet brushtoilet clawtoilet clothtoilet club

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
toggletogotoilB2toingtoken
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