jakes

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jake

jake

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

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Sinónimos

privy

outhouse

earth-closet

toilet

🚽

convenience

toilet facility

lavatory

loo

Traducciones

المرحاض

comuna

🚽

vàter

urinari

écurie

étable

latrine à fosse simple

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒeɪks/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".