toilet

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Significado (inglés)

1. A room or enclosed area containing a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)): a bathroom or water closet.
2. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
3. A very shabby or dirty place.
4. A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)) and sink but no bathtub or shower.
5. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
6. (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
7. Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
8. One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
9. A dressing room.
10. (obsolete) A chamber pot.

lavatory

water-closet

W.C.

w.c.

personal adornment

dressing oneself

W.C

personal decoration

dressing-up

toilet facility

the ladies’ room/the mens’ room

the ladies’/the gents’

morning toilet

public toilet

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtɔɪ.lət/

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.