wáter

See also: water, wàter, and Water

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English water, shortening for water closet. Compare Catalan vàter and French waters. Doublet of onda, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝ateɾ/ [ˈw̝a.t̪eɾ] (Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbateɾ/ [ˈba.t̪eɾ] (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ateɾ
• Syllabification: wá‧ter

Noun

wáter m (plural wáteres)

1. alternative form of váter

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “wáter”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea