outhouse

English

An outhouse marked WC

Etymology

From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- +‎ house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).

Noun

outhouse (plural outhouses)

1. (Canada, US) An outbuilding—typically permanent—containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
2. (dated) Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     […] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses

Synonyms

• (outer building used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:outhouse
• (any small outer building): See outbuilding

Hypernyms

• house

Translations

outdoor toilet — see also shithouse,‎ latrine,‎ toilet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屋外廁所／屋外厕所, 屋外厕所 (wūwài cè suǒ), 流動廁所／流动厕所, 流动厕所 (liúdòng cè suǒ)

• Czech: kadibudka (cs) f
• Danish: das (da)
• Finnish: ulkokäymälä (fi); ulkovessa, ulkohuussi, huussi (fi), huusi (fi), puucee (fi) (informal); pikkula (fi), pihan perä (euphemistic)
• German: Plumpsklo (de) n, Außenklo n (colloquial); Außentoilette (de) f
• Greek: απόπατος (el) m (apópatos)
• Hungarian: budi (hu), pottyantós
• Italian: gabinetto esterno, latrina (it) f, cesso alla turca m
• Japanese: 屋外トイレ (okugai toire)
• Navajo: chąąʼ báhooghan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: utedo m or n

  Bokmål: utedass m, (general) uthus n

  Nynorsk: utedass m, (general) uthus n

• Polish: wychodek (pl) m, wygódka f, sławojka (pl) f, latryna (pl) f
• Portuguese: casinha (pt) f, patente (pt) f
• Russian: се́льский туале́т m (sélʹskij tualét), туале́т вне до́ма m (tualét vne dóma)
• Swedish: utedass (sv) n (colloquial, but commonly used), avträde (sv) n
• Tok Pisin: liklik haus
• Vietnamese: nhà vệ sinh, cầu tiêu (vi)
• Walloon: tchiyote (wa) f
• Westrobothnian:
• Yup'ik: anarvik, yuqerrvik

outbuilding — see outbuilding

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• Finnish: ulkokäymälä (fi), käymälä (fi), puucee (fi), ulkovessa
• German: Abort (de) m, Klo (de) n
• Maori: torohē, turuma
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• Portuguese: banheiro (pt) m
• Russian: убо́рная (ru) f (ubórnaja), отхо́жее ме́сто (ru) n (otxóžeje mésto)
• Swedish: dass (sv) n