toiletry

English

Etymology

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Middle French toilettebor.

English toilet

Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye

English -ry

English toiletry

From toilet + -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɪlɪtɹi/
• Hyphenation: toi‧let‧ry

• Audio (US):

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Noun

toiletry (plural toiletries)

1. Any item used for personal hygiene or grooming (for one's toilet).

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:toiletry

Derived terms

• toiletry bag
• toiletry kit

Translations

item used for personal hygiene or grooming

• Bulgarian: тоалетни принадлежности f pl (toaletni prinadležnosti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衛生用品 / 卫生用品 (wèishēng yòngpǐn)

• Czech: toaletní potřeby f pl
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: tualeto, galanterio (eo)
• Finnish: toalettitarvike, hygieniatarvike
• German: Toilettenartikel (de) m
• Polish: artykuły kosmetyczne m pl
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: туале́тная принадле́жность f (tualétnaja prinadléžnostʹ)
• Spanish: neceser (es) m (toiletry bag), útil de aseo m
• Swedish: toalettartikel c

References

• “toiletry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “toiletry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tyrolite