Meaning

7 senses
  1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly

    a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate

  2. A device or fixture used for urination

    (historical)A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.

  3. A device for urination worn or used by patients suffering urinary incontinence.

  4. A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.

    Urinal, Pissoir, Pinkelbecken

    писсуа́рpissuár

    пісуа́рpisuár

  5. (obsolete)A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.

    Ente

  6. (obsolete)Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.

  7. (obsolete)A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

Examples

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  1. I'm not really shy about using urinals.

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  2. Ziri never uses those urinals.

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  3. Urinals are generally white.

    deUrinale sind im Allgemeinen weiß.

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  4. A typical nurse will do such things as helping with a urinal bottle, and shaving in preparation for surgery!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fixture for standing urination:
Русский
By meaning 1
fixture for standing urination:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a vessel specially used for urination — see also chamber pot:
fixture for standing urination:

Origin

From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for ur

From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.

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