urinal

See also Urinal

English

Wikipedia

Urinal What most men see in the mens room (with the chlorine block in place)

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: yo͞o'rən-əl, IPA: /ˈjuːrənəl/, X-SAMPA: /"ju:r@n@l/
• Rhymes: -uːrənəl
• (UK) enPR: yo͞o-rīn'əl, IPA: /juːˈraɪnəl/, X-SAMPA: /ju:"raIn@l/
• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Etymology

Latin urinal, from urina urine: compare French urinal.

Noun

urinal (plural urinals)

1. A porcelain, china, or stainless steel appliance, usually in male restrooms but in some places on the street, where males can stand, often side by side, to urinate.
2. (dated) A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle or tube for holding urine for inspection.

Translations

appliance for male restrooms

• Arabic: مبولة (ar) (mibwala) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 便池 (cmn) (biànchí), 便器 (cmn) (biànqì)

• Czech: pisoár (cs) m
• Danish: urinal (da) n, urinale (da) n
• Dutch: urinoir (nl), pisbak (nl)
• Finnish: pisoaari (fi)
• French: urinoir (fr)
• German: Urinal (de) n, Pissoir (de) n, Pinkelbecken (de) n

• Greek: ουρητήριο (uretério) n
• Hungarian: piszoár (hu)
• Italian: orinatoio (it) m
• Japanese: 便器 (ja) (べんき, benki)
• Macedonian: писоар (mk) (pisoár) m
• Maori: mianga (mi)
• Polish: pisuar (pl) m
• Russian: писсуар (ru) (pissuár)
• Spanish: urinario (es) m, mingitorio (es) m
• Swedish: urinoar (sv) c, pissoar (sv) c

Related terms

• urine
• urinate
• urination

Anagrams

• laurin

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Danish

Alternative forms

• urinale

Etymology

From Late Latin ūrīnāle, neuter of ūrīnālis (“pertaining to urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /urinaːl/, [uɐ̯iˈnæːˀl]

Noun

urinal n (singular definite urinalet, plural indefinite urinaler)

1. urinal (appliance for male restrooms)
2. urinal (small container to collect or measure urine)

Inflection

    Inflection of urinal

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	urinal	urinalet	urinaler	urinalerne
genitive	urinals	urinalets	urinalers	urinalernes

External links

• Urinal on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia