WC

See also: wc, w/c, and w.-c.

English

Alternative forms

• w.c.

Noun

WC (plural WCs)

1. (UK) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom

Descendants

• Czech: WC
• Dutch: wc
• Estonian: veetsee, vets
• Finnish: WC
• French: WC
• German: WC
• Hungarian: WC
• Polish: WC
• Portuguese: WC
• Romanian: WC, veceu

Translations

abbreviation for water closet

• Czech: WC (cs) n
• Danish: wc (da) n, WC (da) n
• Dutch: wc (nl) m
• Faroese: vesi n
• Finnish: WC (fi), vessa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: w.-c. (fr) m
• Hungarian: WC (hu), vécé (hu)
• Polish: WC (pl) n, w.c. (pl) n
• Spanish: WC
• Swedish: wc (sv)

Anagrams

• C&W, CW, c/w

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Czech

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

WC n

1. WC

Synonyms

• See also záchod

Further reading

• Template:R:SSJC

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ`veːtseː/, [ˈ`veːtseː]

Noun

WC (genitive WC, partitive WC-d)

1. toilet, lavatory, WC

Declension

Declension of WC (type initialism)

	singular	plural
nominative	WC	WC-d
genitive	WC	WC-de
partitive	WC-d	WC-sid
illative	WC-sse	WC-desse
inessive	WC-s	WC-des
elative	WC-st	WC-dest
allative	WC-le	WC-dele
adessive	WC-l	WC-del
ablative	WC-lt	WC-delt
translative	WC-ks	WC-deks
terminative	WC-ni	WC-deni
essive	WC-na	WC-dena
abessive	WC-ta	WC-deta
comitative	WC-ga	WC-dega

Declension of WC (type initialism)

	singular	plural
nominative	WC	WC'd
genitive	WC	WC'de
partitive	WC'd	WC'sid
illative	WC'sse	WC'desse
inessive	WC's	WC'des
elative	WC'st	WC'dest
allative	WC'le	WC'dele
adessive	WC'l	WC'del
ablative	WC'lt	WC'delt
translative	WC'ks	WC'deks
terminative	WC'ni	WC'deni
essive	WC'na	WC'dena
abessive	WC'ta	WC'deta
comitative	WC'ga	WC'dega

Derived terms

• vets

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Finnish

Etymology

From English WC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːseː/, [ˈʋe̞ːs̠e̞ː]

Noun

WC

1. WC (water closet)

Declension

Declension of WC (type filee) singular plural nominative WC WC:t genitive WC:n WC:iden WC:itten partitive WC:tä WC:itä accusative WC WC:n WC:t inessive WC:ssä WC:issä elative WC:stä WC:istä illative WC:hen WC:seen WC:ihin WC:isiin adessive WC:llä WC:illä ablative WC:ltä WC:iltä allative WC:lle WC:ille essive WC:nä WC:inä translative WC:ksi WC:iksi abessive WC:ttä WC:ittä instructive – WC:in comitative – WC:ineen

Synonyms

• käymälä
• toiletti
• (men's) miestenhuone
• (women's) naistenhuone
• (dated) klosetti
• (colloquial) vessa
• (colloquial) veski
• (colloquial) hyyskä

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.se/
• also IPA^(key): /we.se/

Noun

WC m pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) WC (toilets)

Related terms

• water
• water-closet
• waters

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English WC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve(ː)ˈtseː/

Noun

WC n (genitive WCs, plural WCs)

1. WC (water closet)

Synonyms

• Toilette
• Klo
• Wasserklosett

Further reading

• “WC” in Duden online

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English WC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveːt͡seː]

Noun

WC (plural WC-k)

1. water closet, toilet

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	WC	WC-k
accusative	WC-t	WC-ket
dative	WC-nek	WC-knek
instrumental	WC-vel	WC-kkel
causal-final	WC-ért	WC-kért
translative	WC-vé	WC-kké
terminative	WC-ig	WC-kig
essive-formal	WC-ként	WC-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	WC-ben	WC-kben
superessive	WC-n	WC-ken
adessive	WC-nél	WC-knél
illative	WC-be	WC-kbe
sublative	WC-re	WC-kre
allative	WC-hez	WC-khez
elative	WC-ből	WC-kből
delative	WC-ről	WC-kről
ablative	WC-től	WC-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	WC-é	WC-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	WC-éi	WC-kéi

Possessive forms of WC
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	WC-m	WC-im
2nd person sing.	WC-d	WC-id
3rd person sing.	WC-je	WC-i
1st person plural	WC-nk	WC-ink
2nd person plural	WC-tek	WC-itek
3rd person plural	WC-jük	WC-ik

Synonyms

• slozi
• klozet

Derived terms

• vécé
• WC-papír

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Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English WC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //vuˈt͡sɛ//

• Audio:

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Noun

WC n

1. water closet (meaning toilet)

Synonyms

• ubikacja

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English WC.

Noun

WC m (plural s)

1. WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)

Synonyms

• banheiro