toilet

A1 Topic:House & Home

Also spelled toilette

US /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ See IPA manual

Freq #1956

Meanings

1

noun
A bowl with a seat, connected to water pipes, used for getting rid of bodily waste.

The toilet got clogged and the bathroom flooded.
2

noun
A room containing such a fixture; a bathroom.

Sorry I'm late, I was in the toilet.

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Synonyms

bog can commodecrapperdonnikerdunnyheadjacksjakesjohnkhazilatrine

Word family

Forms toilets

Derived forms detoilettoilet-papertoilet-roomtoilet-sidetoilet-tabletoilet-traintoilet-trainedtoiletrytp

Related forms gents ladies lavatory loothunderboxwashroom

Etymology

From Middle French toilette, 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.

*tek- Proto-Indo-European toilette Middle French

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# toilet

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɔɪ.lət/
**Frequency rank:** 1956

## Meanings
1. A bowl with a seat, connected to water pipes, used for getting rid of bodily waste.
2. A room containing such a fixture; a bathroom.

## Examples
- The toilet got clogged and the bathroom flooded.
- Sorry I'm late, I was in the toilet.

## Synonyms
- bog
- can
- commode
- crapper
- donniker
- dunny
- head
- jacks
- jakes
- john
- khazi
- latrine

## Derived Forms
- detoilet
- toilet-paper
- toilet-room
- toilet-side
- toilet-table
- toilet-train
- toilet-trained
- toiletry
- tp

## Related Forms
- gents
- ladies
- lavatory
- loo
- thunderbox
- washroom

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tek-
- Root: toilette

## Etymology
From Middle French toilette, 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.

## AI Etymology
Toilet is from Middle French toilette, 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. In present-day use, it can mean a bowl with a seat, connected to water pipes, used for getting rid of bodily waste, or a room containing such a fixture; a bathroom. Derived formations include detoilet, toilet-paper, toilet-room, toilet-side, toilet-table, toilet-train, toilet-trained, toiletry.

## Topics
- House & Home

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