different between urinal vs urine

English

Etymology

From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ?r?n?lis (“urinary: related to piss”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo?o-r??n?l, IPA^(key): /ju???a?n?l/
• (US) enPR: yo?or??n-?l, yûr??n-?l, IPA^(key): /?j???n?l/, /?j??n?l/
• (General Australian) enPR: yo?or??n-?l, IPA^(key): /?j?????n?l/
• Rhymes: -a?n?l

Noun

urinal (plural urinals)

1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly:
   1. (historical medicine and alchemy) A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
   2. (obsolete) A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
   3. (obsolete) A device for urination worn by patients suffering incontinence.
   4. A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
3. (obsolete) A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

Synonyms

• (chamber pot): See Thesaurus:chamber pot
• (fixture): See Thesaurus:toilet
• (room or structure): See Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

• urinal cake

Related terms

• urine, urinate, urination

Translations

Adjective

urinal (not comparable)

1. Synonym of urinary

References

• "urinal, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1926), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• Lurian, laurin, unrail

Danish

Alternative forms

• urinale

Etymology

From Late Latin ?r?n?le, neuter of ?r?n?lis (“pertaining to urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /urina?l/, [u??i?næ??l]

Noun

urinal n (singular definite urinalet, plural indefinite urinaler)

1. urinal (appliance for male restrooms)
2. urinal (small container to collect or measure urine)

Inflection

Further reading

• urinal on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?i?na?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

urinal (not comparable)

1. urinal, urinary

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English uryne, from Old French orine, from Latin ?r?na (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh?r-, zero grade of *weh?r- (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h?ewHd?r?- (see udder). Displaced native English land (“urine”), (Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: yo?or??n, yûr??n, IPA^(key): /?j???n/, /?j??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo?or??n, yo?or??n, IPA^(key): /?j????n/, /?j???a?n/
• (General Australian) enPR: yo?or??n, IPA^(key): /?j?????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

urine (usually uncountable, plural urines)

1. (physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urine

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

urine (third-person singular simple present urines, present participle urining, simple past and past participle urined)

1. (archaic) To urinate.
   • 1814, The Medical and Physical Journal (volume 31, page 226)

     He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.

References

Further reading

• urine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• urine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• urine at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Nueir, in ure, inure, ruine

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?ri.n?/
• Hyphenation: uri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

   Synonyms: blaasvocht, pies, pis, plas, zeik

Derived terms

• urineleider

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: urine

French

Etymology

From Middle French urine, respelled from Old French orine to reflect the original Latin spelling, from Latin urina. Old French orine likely derived from a Vulgar Latin intermediate form *aurina, which was influenced by aurum (“gold”). Compare also Italian orina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.?in/

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

Verb

urine

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of uriner
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of uriner
3. second-person singular imperative of uriner

Further reading

• “urine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• nuire, réuni, ruine, ruiné

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch urine, from Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??rin?]
• Hyphenation: uri?nê

Noun

urinê (first-person possessive urineku, second-person possessive urinemu, third-person possessive urinenya)

1. (physiology) urine: liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

   Synonyms: air kemih, air seni

Alternative forms

• urin (nonstandard)
• urin (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “urine” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?ri.ne/

Noun

urine f

1. plural of urina

Anagrams

• unire

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French orine, respelled urine to reflect the Latin spelling urina.

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

Portuguese

Verb

urine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of urinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of urinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of urinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of urinar