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toilet
English
Alternative forms
- toilette (certain senses only)
Etymology
From Middle French toilette (“small cloth”), 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??.l?t/, /?t??.l?t/
- Rhymes: -??l?t
Noun
toilet (plural toilets)
- (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. [17th–19th c.]
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto I, lines 121-126:
- And now, unveil’d, the toilet stands display’d,
- Each silver vase in mystic order laid.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto I, lines 121-126:
- (now historical or archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Oxford 2009, p. 118:
- Against that short evening her toilet was consulted the whole day […] .
- 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, (“Come as you are...”), Poetry Foundation 1913, p. 85:
- Come as you are, tarry not over your toilet.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 111:
- Three women got down and standing on the curb they made unabashed toilets, smoothing skirts and stockings, brushing one another's back, opening parcels and donning various finery.
- 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Oxford 2009, p. 118:
- (now rare, archaic) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]
- 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge":
- "It is a quarter-past two," he said. "Your telegram was dispatched about one. But no one can glance at your toilet and attire without seeing that your disturbance dates from the moment of your waking."
- 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge":
- (archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]
- (Britain) A room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Digby Tantam, Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice: A Narrative Framework, p. 122:
- He would hit her when she cried and, if this did not work, would lock her in the toilet for hours on end.
- 2014, C.S. Walter, Abandoned Bridges, pp. 105 f.:
- He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.
- 2002, Digby Tantam, Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice: A Narrative Framework, p. 122:
- (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a toilet and sink but no bathtub or shower.
- (obsolete) A chamber pot.
- A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly those with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which use water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system. [from 19th c.]
- My toilet backed up. Now the bathroom's flooded.
- (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place. [from 20th c.]
- 1982, The Mosquito Coast:
- Look around you. It's a toilet.
- 1982, The Mosquito Coast:
Usage notes
In present use, toilet refers most directly to fixtures for containing or removing human waste. As such, although toilet was originally a euphemism itself, its use to describe the place where the toilets are located (e.g., "Where is the toilet?") is now considered somewhat indiscreet; instead, it is more common to employ other euphemisms such as bathroom, restroom, or WC.
Until the late 19th century, toilet referred solely to personal grooming, including bathing and hair care. This still appears in toiletries and in various set phrases, such as toilet water and toilet bag. This use is sometimes understood as a new borrowing from French, despite being the older sense of the English word. Medical jargon also includes some set phrases such as “pulmonary toilet” and “toilet of the mouth”.
Synonyms
- (room for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (NZ, small room for urination and defecation): half bath, half bathroom (US); cloakroom (UK)
- (pot used for urination and defecation): Thesaurus:chamber pot
- (fixture for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet
- (in a nautical context): See head (item 4.1.4)
Hyponyms
- (fixture for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet
Derived terms
Descendants
- Japanese: ?????, ???
Translations
Verb
toilet (third-person singular simple present toilets, present participle toileting, simple past and past participle toileted)
- (dated) To dress and groom oneself.
- To use the toilet.
- To assist another (a child, etc.) in using the toilet.
References
Anagrams
- Lottie, litote
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette (“small cloth”) diminutive of toile (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toal?t/, [t?oa?l?d?] or IPA(key): /t?il?t/, [t??i?l?d?]
Noun
toilet n (singular definite toilettet, plural indefinite toiletter)
- toilet (room containing lavatory); men's room, ladies' room
- toilet (lavatory)
Inflection
Synonyms
- wc
Derived terms
Related terms
- grande toilette
- gøre toilette
- toilette
Further reading
- toilet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette (“small cloth”), from Middle French toilette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?a??l?t/
- Hyphenation: toi?let
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
toilet n (plural toiletten, diminutive toiletje n)
- toilet (room containing lavatory); men's room, ladies' room
- Synonyms: privaat, wc
- toilet (lavatory)
- Synonym: wc
- personal grooming
Derived terms
- toiletbril
- toilethok
- toiletjuffrouw
- toiletpapier
- toilettas
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: toilet
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch toilet, from French toilette (“small cloth”) diminutive of toile (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?toi?.l?t?/
- Hyphenation: toilèt
Noun
toilèt (first-person possessive toiletku, second-person possessive toiletmu, third-person possessive toiletnya)
- toilet (personal grooming).
- toilet, room used for urination and defecation.
- toilet, fixture used for urination and defecation.
- Synonyms: jamban, kakus, peturasan, tandas, WC
Further reading
- “toilet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English toilet.
Noun
toilet
- toilet
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gents
English
Alternative forms
- Gents
Etymology
A clipped form of gentlemen. As a room, via misspelling of gents', a clipped form of gentlemen's room.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??nts/
- Rhymes: -?nts
Noun
gents
- plural of gent
gents pl (plural only)
- (chiefly Britain, informal euphemistic) A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
- Where is the gents? I need a slash.
- 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, Vol. 6, p. 27:
- A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
- 2000, Munroe Blair, Ceramic Water Closets, p. 15:
- London's first 'gents' public toilets were opened in Fleet Street in 1851, followed in 1852 by a 'ladies' toilet at 51 Bedford Street, Strand.
- 2014 April 11, Charlotte Meredith, "The Palace of Sexminster" in Huffington Post: United Kingdom:
- One unidentified man spoke of how he was approached to "go to the Gents" with an MP at an event for young political activists while another man described how an MP invited his entire office staff to a gay bar.
Synonyms
- (room): men's, gents'; see also Thesaurus:bathroom
See also
- Appendix:Special uses of possessives in English
Adjective
gents (not comparable)
- Men's: intended for use by men.
Coordinate terms
- (all senses): ladies
Anagrams
- Tengs, Tseng
French
Noun
gents f
- plural of gent
Adjective
gents
- masculine plural of gent
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