toilet
Dutch (Brabantic)
/tʋaːˈlɛt/
noun
Definitions
- toilet room containing lavatory; men's room, ladies' room
- toilet lavatory
- personal grooming
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette (small cloth) derived from Middle French toilette (small cloth).
Origin
Middle French
toilette
Gloss
small cloth
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- toilet English
- toilette English
- tēla Latin
- Toilette German
- toilette Italian
- -n- Dutch, Flemish
- artikel Dutch, Flemish
- borstel Dutch, Flemish
- bril Dutch, Flemish
- invalide Dutch, Flemish
- invalidentoilet Dutch, Flemish
- tas Dutch, Flemish
- toiletartikel Dutch, Flemish
- toiletborstel Dutch, Flemish
- toiletbril Dutch, Flemish
- toilettas Dutch, Flemish
- toile French
- toilette French
- toiletteur French
- toilette Portuguese
- toaleta Polish
- toilet Danish
- toaleta Czech
- توالت Persian
- τουαλέτα Greek (modern)
- toilet Indonesian
- tualete Latvian
- tuvalet Turkish
- тоалет Bulgarian
- toilette Middle French
- ტუალეტი Georgian
- tualetas Lithuanian
- طواليط Moroccan Arabic
- twalet Mauritian Creole
- twalet Seychellois Creole