toilet paper

English

Noun

toilet paper (plural toilet papers)

1. Paper, usually on a roll, to clean oneself after defecation, or to pat oneself dry after urination. (abbreviated TP)

Synonyms

• toilet tissue
• bathroom tissue

Translations

paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination

Armenian: զուգարանի թուղթ (hy) (zugarani t’uġt’) Breton: paper-privezioù m. Catalan: paper higiènic (ca) m. Chinese: Cantonese: trad. 廁紙, simpl. 厕纸 Mandarin: 衛生紙 (zh), 卫生纸 (zh) (wèishēngzhǐ), 手紙 (zh), 手纸 (zh) (shǒuzhǐ) Czech: toaletní papír (cs) m. Danish: toiletpapir (da) n., wc-papir (da) n. Dutch: WC-papier n., toiletpapier n., WC-rol m. Esperanto: klozeta papero (eo), neceseja papero (eo) Finnish: vessapaperi (fi), wc-paperi (fi) French: papier de toilette (fr) m., papier-cul (fr) m., abbreviated PQ (fr), papier hygiénique (fr) m., (vulgar) torche-cul (fr) German: Toilettenpapier (de) n., Klopapier (de) n. Greek: χαρτί τουαλέτας (khartí tualétas) n., χαρτί υγείας (khartí igjías) n., κωλόχαρτο (kolókharto) "ass-paper" n, slang

Icelandic: klósettpappír (is) m. Interlingua: papiro hygienic Italian: carta igienica (it) f. Japanese: トイレットペーパー (ja) (toirettopēpā) Korean: 화장지 (ko) (hwajangji) (化粧紙 (ko)) Luxembourgish: Toilettëpabeier (lb) m. Macedonian: тоалетна хартија (mk) (toalétna hártija) f. Norwegian: dopapir (no) n., toalettpapir (no) n. Polish: papier toaletowy m. Portuguese: papel higiênico (pt) m. Romanian: hârtie igienică f. Russian: туалетная бумага (ru) (tual'étnaja bumága) f. Slovak: toaletný papier m., hajzlpapír m, slang Spanish: papel higiénico m., confort m. (Chile) Swedish: toalettpapper (sv) n. Turkish: tuvalet kağıdı

Verb

toilet paper (third-person singular simple present toilet papers, present participle toilet papering, simple past and past participle toilet papered)

1. (US) To cover someone's house (and trees and shrubs) with toilet paper or other similar paper product, often as a celebratory event, without the "victim's" knowledge. Sometimes also performed as an act of hazing.

   "The football team TP'ed the Smith's house again...this time with paper towels in their trees."