Definizione monolingua

toilet

toilet (third-person singular simple present toilets, present participle toileting, simple past and past participle toileted)

1. (dated) To dress and groom oneself
2. To use the toilet, or assist (a child etc) in using the toilet

toilet (plural toilets)

1. (archaic) Personal grooming; washing, dressing etc. [from 17th c.]
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 111:

     Three women got down and standing on the curb they made unabashed toilets, smoothing skirts and stockings, brushing one anothers back, opening parcels and donning various finery.

2. (now rare) Ones style of dressing; dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]
   • 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1:

     ""It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilet, and never see the great soul in a mans face.""

   • 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, ""The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge"":

     ""It is a quarter-past two,"" he said. ""Your telegram was dispatched about one. But no one can glance at your toilet and attire without seeing that your disturbance dates from the moment of your waking.""

3. (archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]
4. Now specifically, a room or enclosed cubicle containing a lavatory, e.g., a bathroom or water closet (w.c.).
   • 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Chapter 26:

     there were also tons of garbage festering in the sun, and the greasy laundry of the workers hung out to dry, and dining rooms littered with food and black with flies, and toilet rooms that were open sewers.

5. A lavatory or device for depositing human waste and then flushing it away with water. [from 20th c.]

   EPA is currently developing the specification for high-efficiency toilets. All HETs that meet WaterSense criteria for efficiency and performance will be eligible to receive a label once EPA finalizes the specification. — US Environmental Protection Agency.

6. Other similar devices, such as squat toilets, as in Japan or the Middle East.
7. (figuratively) A shabby or dirty place, especially a lounge/bar/pub/tavern. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, The Mosquito Coast:

     Look around you. Its a toilet.

Definizione dizionario toilet

	toeletta
	personal grooming
	dressing room
	bathroom with toilet
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)

	bagno
	bathroom with toilet
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)
	Una stanza equipaggiata con almeno un apparecchio sanitario, come una vasca da bagno, una doccia, un lavandino o un gabinetto.
	A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.

	gabinetto
	bathroom with toilet
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)
	Congegno di ceramica utilizzato per depositare e rimuovere gli escrementi umani grazie un meccanismo di flusso dell'acqua.
	A ceramic device used for depositing and removing human excrement with water through flushing.

	toilette
	personal grooming
	dressing room
	bathroom with toilet
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)

	toletta
	personal grooming
	dressing room
	bathroom with toilet
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)

	cesso
	bathroom with toilet
	dirty place
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)

	WC
	bathroom with toilet
	ceramic bowl
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)

	ritirata
	bathroom with toilet
	lavatory, w.c. (the room)

	schifezza
	dirty place

	tazza
	ceramic bowl

	vaso
	ceramic bowl

	water
	ceramic bowl

	water closet
	ceramic bowl

abbigliatura

latrina

pulizia

wc

Altri significati:

Now specifically, a room or enclosed cubicle containing a lavatory, e.g., a bathroom or water closet (w.c.).

A lavatory or device for depositing human waste and then flushing it away with water. [from 20th c.]

To use the toilet, or assist (a child etc) in using the toilet

Other similar devices, such as squat toilets, as in Japan or the Middle East.

(archaic) Personal grooming; washing, dressing etc. [from 17th c.]

(dated) To dress and groom oneself

bathroom (US)

(now rare) One's style of dressing; dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]

(archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]

(figuratively) A shabby or dirty place, especially, a lounge/bar/pub/tavern. [from 20th c.]