different between washbasin vs contactus

English

Etymology

wash +? basin

Noun

washbasin (plural washbasins)

1. A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.

Alternative forms

• wash basin

Synonyms

• (all senses): handbasin
• (a basin with a water supply): washstand
• (a simple basin without water supply): lavabo, piscina, laver, lavatory (Christian); washbowl

Derived terms

• washbasin helmet

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of conting? (“touch on all sides”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?ta?k.tus/, [k?n??t?ä?kt??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?tak.tus/, [k?n??t??kt?us]

Participle

cont?ctus (feminine cont?cta, neuter cont?ctum); first/second-declension participle

1. touched on all sides, having been touched on all sides
2. reached, arrived at, having been reached
3. touched, affected, moved, having been moved

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

cont?ctus m (genitive cont?ct?s); fourth declension

1. The act of touching; contact, touch.
2. A contagion, infection.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Related terms

• cont?g?s
• cont?gi? / cont?gium / cont?men
• cont?gi?sus

Descendants

• ? English: contact
• Russian: ???????? (kontákt)

References

• contactus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contactus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contactus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• contactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette