john

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (US, slang) A prostitute's client.
2. (US, slang) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
3. (slang) A Western man traveling in East Asia.
4. A male mule.

Concepten

wc

🚽

privaat

toilet

🚽

secreet

wasgelegenheid

watercloset

hoerenloper

badkamer

prostituant

kleinste kamertje

latrine

Synoniemen

toilet

🚽

lavatory

can

lav

bathroom

privy

restroom

🚻

loo

washroom

water closet

whoremaster

trick

whoremonger

bog

WC

🚾

toilette

ladyfish

long cudja

long john

mariggle

riverfish

the ladies’ room/the mens’ room

the ladies’/the gents’

morning toilet

pissery

nettie

bathroom

washroom

restroom

🚻

privy

bog

bath

🛀

loo

boudoir

cloaca

cloakroom

closet

facilities

fiddler

outhouse

pisser

potty

rest room

throne

bonefish

netty

W.C.

bonyfish

Vertalingen

Klo

🚽

gabinetto

🗄️

αποχωρητήριο

Klosett

🚽

Toilette

🚽

bagno

🛀

baño

🛀

τουαλέτα

salle de bain

casa de banho

μπάνιο

Lokus

🚽

Abtritt

Abort

🚽

banheiro

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɑn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From the male given name John (q.v.), whose ubiquity led to extensive use of the name in generic contexts. Its use for toilets derives from John and Cousin John, which both probably relate to jacques and jakes, used in equivalent senses by the British and Irish.