toilette
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette; more at toilet.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
toilette (plural toilettes)
- Archaic form of toilet. (in all senses related to dressing and personal grooming, but not a water closet)
- 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter I, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, page 25:
- It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilette, and never see the great soul in a man's face.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
toilette f (plural toilettes)
Usage notes
- In Belgium the word for "toilet/lavatory" is singular (la toilette) while in the rest of the world the noun is plural (les toilettes).
Further reading
- “toilette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette.
Noun
toilette f (uncountable)
- toilet (all senses)
- makeup
- dressing table
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French toilette.
Pronunciation
Noun
toilette f (plural toilettes)
- toilet (personal grooming)
Noun
toilette m (plural toilettes)
Synonyms
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛt(ʃ)i
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