la
/twa.lɛt/
Translation
washing, grooming (getting oneself ready)
Word origin
From Old French toilette, a diminutive of toile ('cloth'), originally the cloth laid over a dressing table and then the whole business of washing and dressing that happened at it.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- toile
- English cognates
- toilet, toiletries
Grammar
Examples
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In the morning, I wash and get ready before breakfast.
trousse .
She has a nice washbag for the trip.
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The cat grooms itself for hours.
Watch the number here. Singular means washing or getting ready ( ), not a lavatory. For the room with the loo in it, French switches to the plural: . AQA's gloss covers both senses under one headword, but on the ground they behave as two different words.
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