EuroLex/F/Toilet
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: toilette 'lavatory, bathroom, to dress up'
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | toaleta; toaletní | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | toilette; toilet | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| English | toilet | 16th c. | 1. 'a cloth cover for a dressing table (now usually calles a 'toilet-cover'), 2. 'the articles required or used in dressing, the furniture of the toilet-table' (collective), 3. 'the table on which these articles are placed', 4. 'the action or process of dressing, or, more recently, of washing and grooming', 5. 'manner or style of dressing, dress, cosume,'get-up', gown', 6. 'a dressing-room, in U.S. esp. a dressing-room furnished with bathing facilities, hence a bath-room, a lavatory, (contextually), a lavatory bowl or pedestral, a room or cubicle containing a lavatory' | 'cover or bag for clothes' | OED, http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | tualett(ruum) | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Toilette | 18th c. | 1. 'fine women's clothing' (dial.), 2. 'lavatory' (dial.), 3. 'to dress oneself' (dial.), 4. 'clothes' (dial.), 5.'water closet' (dial.) | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 139 |
| Hungarian | toalett | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | toilette, toaletta | 1805, 1825 | 1. 'dressing table, to dress oneself' (dial.), 2. 'new clothes, lavatory' (dial.), 3. 'mirror' (dial.) | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 139 |
| Latvian | tualete | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | tualetas | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | toalett | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | toaleta | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | Brazil: toalete | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | toaleta; toaletný | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | toalett | ... | 'lavatory' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: original English meaning: "cover or bag for clothes", from MF toilette "a cloth, bag for clothes" diminutive of toile "cloth, net". Sense evolution is to "act or process of dressing" (1681); then "a dressing room" (1819), especially one with a lavatory attached; then "lavatory or porcelain plumbing fixture" (1895), an AmE euphemistic use. Toilet paper is attested from 1884. Toilet training is recorded from 1940.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
editEstonian: WC
Finnish: WC
Portuguese: privada, banheiro
Slovenian: stranišče
Spanish: lavabo