Masculine
Abort
Meaning
toilet, loo
Concepts
abortive birth
abortive
W.C.
abortment
the ladies’ room/the mens’ room
the ladies’/the gents’
morning toilet
Synonyms
Schwangerschaftsunterbrechung
stilles Örtchen
Kackstuhl
Donnerbalken
00
Abortion
Interruptio
Morgentoilette
fehlerbedingtes Abbrechen
Orkus
öffentliche Toilette
To
Badestube
Null-Null
Pinkelbude
Anwaltsbüro
Tö
Pissbude
Retirade
induzierter Abort
Kindesabtreibung
Stillgeburt
Spontanabort
Totgeburt und Fehlgeburt
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈbɔʁt/
Etymology
In summary
Originally "remote place", at first in Middle Low German afort (16th century). The contemporary sense as a euphemism since the 18th century. Analysable as ab (“off, away”) + Ort (“place”).
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