urinal

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English[edit]

A urinal in a public toilet with its cake in place.
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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary: related to piss”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.

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Noun[edit]

urinal (plural urinals)

  1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly:
    1. (historical medicine and alchemy) A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
    2. (obsolete) A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
    3. (obsolete) A device for urination worn by patients suffering incontinence.
    4. A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
  3. (obsolete) A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

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Translations[edit]

a vessel specially used for urination — See also translations at chamber pot
latrine — see latrine
outhouse — see outhouse
lavatory — see toilet

Adjective[edit]

urinal (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of urinary
    • 1892, R. Harvey Reed, “How Can We Control the Privy Vault Nuisance?”, in Gilbert I. Cullen, editor, The Cincinnati Medical Journal, volume VII, number 4, Cincinnati, Oh.: M. A. Spencer & Co., pages 130–131:
      If on the other hand it is to be used by a congregation, which as a rule, only occupy their church once, twice or three times a week, then I would suggest where it can be obtained that an improved “water closet” be used, and by this I mean a urinal and fecal basin, which can be kept clean by liberal flushing with water after each time it is used, and so trapped and ventilated as to absolutely protect the room in which it is placed from any contamination whatever. […] This same closet can be arranged for urinal purposes by having the lid of the seat for each person attached to a hinge so that it can be raised up when desired to be used for micturation[sic] only.
    • 1903, In the Supreme Court of the United States: The State of Missouri vs. the State of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago, pages 2504–2505:
      Q. What amount, in cubic feet, would there be in Port Huron for one year, of fecal and urinal discharge into the sewers?
    • 1975, G. D. Bubenzer; J. C. Converse, Impact of Freezing and Thawing Soil Conditions on the Movement of Nutrients by Water from Rural Lands:
      Urinal and fecal wastes were placed in runoff boxes at the base, midpoint and top of 20cm snow packs. The units were subjected to carefully controlled temperature fluctuations ranging from 8 to 12 degrees C. Urinal losses were determined primarily by the quantity of water which passed through the manure layer. Fecal nitrogen losses were much lower than urinal losses.

References[edit]

  • "urinal, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1926), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for urinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Danish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin ūrīnāle, neuter of ūrīnālis (“pertaining to urine”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /urinaːl/, [uɐ̯iˈnæːˀl]

Noun[edit]

urinal n (singular definite urinalet, plural indefinite urinaler)

  1. urinal (appliance for male restrooms)
  2. urinal (small container to collect or measure urine)

Inflection[edit]

Declension of urinal
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative urinal urinalet urinaler urinalerne
genitive urinals urinalets urinalers urinalernes

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French[edit]

Noun[edit]

urinal m (plural urinaux)

  1. (historical) urinal (pot)

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

urinal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular urinaler, not comparable)

  1. (relational) urine; urinal, urinary

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of urinal (uncomparable, no predicate)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative — — — —
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative urinaler urinale urinales urinale
genitive urinalen urinaler urinalen urinaler
dative urinalem urinaler urinalem urinalen
accusative urinalen urinale urinales urinale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der urinale die urinale das urinale die urinalen
genitive des urinalen der urinalen des urinalen der urinalen
dative dem urinalen der urinalen dem urinalen den urinalen
accusative den urinalen die urinale das urinale die urinalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein urinaler eine urinale ein urinales (keine) urinalen
genitive eines urinalen einer urinalen eines urinalen (keiner) urinalen
dative einem urinalen einer urinalen einem urinalen (keinen) urinalen
accusative einen urinalen eine urinale ein urinales (keine) urinalen

Further reading[edit]

  • “urinal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “urinal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French urinal.

Noun[edit]

urinal n (plural urinale)

  1. urinal

Declension[edit]

Declension of urinal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) urinal urinalul (niște) urinale urinalele
genitive/dative (unui) urinal urinalului (unor) urinale urinalelor
vocative urinalule urinalelor
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