different between urinal vs urnal

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 urn +? -al.

Adjective

urnal (comparative more urnal, superlative most urnal)

1. (rare or obsolete) Pertaining to urns.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 6:

     And the Chinois without cremation or urnall interrment of their bodies, make use of trees and much burning [...].

Anagrams

• Lunar, lunar, ulnar