туалет

Belarusian

Etymology

Ultimately from French toilettes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuaˈlʲet]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

туале́т • (tualjét) m inan (genitive туале́ту, uncountable, relational adjective туале́тны)

1. toilet, grooming

Declension

Declension of туале́т (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	туале́т tualjét
genitive	туале́ту tualjétu
dative	туале́ту tualjétu
accusative	туале́т tualjét
instrumental	туале́там tualjétam
locative	туале́це tualjécje

Noun

туале́т • (tualjét) m inan (genitive туале́та, nominative plural туале́ты, genitive plural туале́таў, relational adjective туале́тны)

1. toilet, WC, restroom, lavatory

   Synonym: прыбіра́льня (prybirálʹnja)

2. dressing table

   Synonym: прыбіра́льня (prybirálʹnja)

Declension

Declension of туале́т (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	туале́т tualjét	туале́ты tualjéty
genitive	туале́та tualjéta	туале́таў tualjétaw
dative	туале́ту tualjétu	туале́там tualjétam
accusative	туале́т tualjét	туале́ты tualjéty
instrumental	туале́там tualjétam	туале́тамі tualjétami
locative	туале́це tualjécje	туале́тах tualjétax
count form	—	туале́ты1 tualjéty1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “туалет” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Alternative forms

• туале́тъ (tualét) — pre-1918 spelling
• твалет (tvalet) — eye dialect spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French toilettes, from toile + -ette. Omitting several steps, from Latin tēla + -itta (female equivalent of -ittus).

Compare typologically убо́рная (ubórnaja) (< убо́р (ubór)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʊɐˈlʲet]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

туале́т • (tualét) m inan (genitive туале́та, nominative plural туале́ты, genitive plural туале́тов, relational adjective туале́тный, hypocorism ту́бзик (via тубазе́т (tubazét)))

1. (countable) toilet, WC, restroom, lavatory

   Synonyms: убо́рная (ubórnaja), клозе́т (klozét), (slang) сорти́р (sortír), (criminal slang) пара́ша (paráša), (slang) очко́ (očkó), (vulgar) сра́льня (srálʹnja), (slang) толчо́к (tolčók), (juvenile slang) ту́бзик (túbzik), (vulgar) сра́льник (srálʹnik)

2. (countable) dress, attire
   • 1975, Владимир Войнович [Vladimir Voinovich], “Часть первая. 1”, in Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина, Париж: YMCA-Press; English translation from Richard Lourie, transl., The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977:

     Они́ разгля́дывали лётчика в упо́р, не стесня́ясь его́ прису́тствием, сло́вно он был неодушевлён­ным предме́том, и вслух обсужда́ли досто́инства его́ туале́та.

     Oní razgljádyvali ljótčika v upór, ne stesnjájasʹ jevó prisútstvijem, slóvno on byl neoduševljón­nym predmétom, i vslux obsuždáli dostóinstva jevó tualéta.

     They were taking stock of the pilot, staring right at him, discussing the fine points of his attire, not in the least embarrassed by his presence, just as if he were an inanimate object.

3. (uncountable) toilet, grooming (care for one's personal appearance)
4. (countable) dressing table

   Synonym: туале́тный сто́лик (tualétnyj stólik)

Usage notes

"Туалет" in Russian refers to the room where the toilet bowl is located. The toilet bowl itself is called an унита́з (unitáz). Furthermore, in Russian homes and apartments it is most common for the toilet and shower/bath to be in separate rooms. The room with the shower/bath is called a ва́нная (vánnaja).

Declension

Declension of туале́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	туале́т tualét	туале́ты tualéty
genitive	туале́та tualéta	туале́тов tualétov
dative	туале́ту tualétu	туале́там tualétam
accusative	туале́т tualét	туале́ты tualéty
instrumental	туале́том tualétom	туале́тами tualétami
prepositional	туале́те tualéte	туале́тах tualétax

Descendants

• → Armenian: տուալետ (tualet)
• → Azerbaijani: tualet
• → Georgian: ტუალეტი (ṭualeṭi)
• → Kildin Sami: туалеhт (tual’eht)
• → Kyrgyz: туалет (tualet)
• → Turkmen: tuwalet
• → Uzbek: tualet

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “туалет”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• туале́та (tualéta) — 1928–1933 spelling

Etymology

Ultimately from French toilettes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʊɐˈɫɛt]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: ту‧а‧лет

Noun

туале́т • (tualét) m inan (genitive туале́ту, nominative plural туале́ти, genitive plural туале́тів, relational adjective туале́тний)

1. (countable) toilet, WC, restroom, lavatory

   Synonym: вбира́льня (vbyrálʹnja)

2. (dated) dress, attire
3. (uncountable) toilet, grooming (care for one's personal appearance)

Declension

Declension of туале́т
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	туале́т tualét	туале́ти tualéty
genitive	туале́ту tualétu	туале́тів tualétiv
dative	туале́тові, туале́ту tualétovi, tualétu	туале́там tualétam
accusative	туале́т tualét	туале́ти tualéty
instrumental	туале́том tualétom	туале́тами tualétamy
locative	туале́ті tualéti	туале́тах tualétax
vocative	туале́те tualéte	туале́ти tualéty

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “туалет”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “туалет”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]