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lavatory
English
Etymology
From Middle English lavatorie, from Late Latin lav?t?rium, from Latin lav?re (“to wash”) + -ium (forming places related to an activity). Doublet of lavatorium. As a place to pan gold, via Spanish lavadero. See also lave.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?læv.?.t?i/, /?læv.?.t??.i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?læv.?.t??.i/
Noun
lavatory (plural lavatories)
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
- a. 1375, Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iv, p. 606:
- Whon he haþ vsed he walkeþ riht
To Lauatorie þer hit is diht
For to wassche his hende.
- Whon he haþ vsed he walkeþ riht
- 1382, Bible (Wycliffe), Exod. 30:18:
- And thow shalt make a brasun lauatory with his foot to wasshe with.
- A laver: a washbasin.
- (archaic) A bathtub.
- (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- (Christianity, usually figuratively) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.
- 2005, Michael W. Litchfield, Renovation, page 325:
- Lavatories (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles.
- 2011, Sharon Koomen Harmon & al., The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, page 288?
- Anywhere a water closet is used, a lavatory (ie, hand-washing sink) must also be installed.
- a. 1375, Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iv, p. 606:
- Handwashing, particularly
- 1513, Robert Fabyan, last will and testament:
- Wt condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to the people, and exorte theym to pray for ye soules following...
- (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- 1513, Robert Fabyan, last will and testament:
- (obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
- 1490, William Caxton translating Publius Vergilius Maro as The Boke yf Eneydos, Ch. xxviii, p. 110:
- They must be wasshed wyth wyne or wyth some other lauatorye.
- 1490, William Caxton translating Publius Vergilius Maro as The Boke yf Eneydos, Ch. xxviii, p. 110:
- (dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
- 2003, Gauvin A. Bailey, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610, page 61:
- Even the lavatory, a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.
- 2003, Gauvin A. Bailey, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610, page 61:
- (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
- 2003, Rob Rachowiecki & al., Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, page 44:
- People needing to use the lavatory often ask to use the baño in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply.
- (Britain, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- 1997, Slavoj Žižek, The Plague of Fantasies, page 4,
- In a traditional German lavatory, the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French lavatory, on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.
- 1997, Slavoj Žižek, The Plague of Fantasies, page 4,
- (dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
- (obsolete) A place where gold is panned.
- (obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
Synonyms
- (basin for washing hands): See washbasin
- (fixture for washing hands): See sink
- (room with a toilet): See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (toilet): See Thesaurus:toilet
Derived terms
Related terms
- lavatorium
Translations
Adjective
lavatory (not comparable)
- (dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
References
- lavatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lavatory in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English lavatory.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.va.t?.?i/
Noun
lavatory m (plural lavatories)
- public toilet
Middle English
Noun
lavatory
- Alternative form of lavatorie
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bidet
English
Etymology
From French bidet.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [?bi?de?]
- Rhymes: -i?de?
- (US) IPA(key): [b??de?]
Noun
bidet (plural bidets)
- a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
- (obsolete) A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
- 1631, Ben Jonsons, Chloridia
- For joy of which I will return to myself, mount my bidet in a dance
- 1631, Ben Jonsons, Chloridia
Translations
Anagrams
- betid, bited, debit
Czech
Etymology
From French bidet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?d?t]
- Hyphenation: bi?det
Noun
bidet m inan
- bidet
Declension
Further reading
- bidet in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- bidet in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
From bider (“to trot”), of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-Celtic *bid (“small”), related to Irish bídeach (“small”) and Medieval Italian bidetto (“small horse”), itself probably related to Proto-Germanic *bitiz; or, possibly from a lost Middle French rabider (“go quickly, violently”), a descendant of Latin rabidus (“furious, fierce”), with loss of the initial prefix.
Modern sense derives from analogy with the straddling of a bidet and the straddling of a small horse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.d?/
Noun
bidet m (plural bidets)
- pony, small horse
- bidet
Descendants
- ? Portuguese: bidé, bidê
References
Further reading
- “bidet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- débit
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
bidet m (plural bidets)
- (Jersey) pony
- (Jersey) bidet
Synonyms
- (pony): pônîn, p'tit j'va
Polish
Etymology
From French bidet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?i.d?t/
Noun
bidet m inan (diminutive bidecik)
- bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) bidetowy
Further reading
- bidet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- bidet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Etymology
From French bidet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bidet]
Noun
bidet m (genitive singular bidetu, nominative plural bidety, genitive plural bidetov, declension pattern of dub)
- bidet
Declension
References
- bidet in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Noun
bidet m (plural bidets)
- Alternative form of bidé
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