portable toilet

English

Noun

portable toilet (plural portable toilets)

1. A movable toilet, (particularly) a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).

Usage notes

A permanently-installed portable toilet (as at a park) may come to be known as an outhouse &c. instead.

Synonyms

• portapotty, porta-potty, porta potty
• portajohn
• port-o-john
• port-o-potty
• portalet, port-o-let
• See Thesaurus:bathroom

Translations

portable toilet — see also toilet

• Finnish: bajamaja (fi)
• German: Baustellenklo n, mobile Toilettenkabine f, Mobil-WC n, Mobilklo n, Dixiklo n, Dixi-Klo n, Dixi® n, Dixi (de) n, Sanitärcontainer m
• Polish: przenośna toaleta f, toi-toi (pl) m (informal)
• Portuguese: banheiro químico m
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• Russian: передвижно́й (ru) m (peredvižnój) туале́т (ru) m (tualét), туале́тная (ru) f (tualétnaja) каби́нка (ru) n (kabínka)
• Swedish: bajamaja (sv) c