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feminine
twalɛt
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Translation
toilet; loo
Word origin
From toilette, a diminutive of toile ('cloth'), from Latin tela ('web, woven cloth'). The word first meant a small cloth, then the cloth-draped dressing table, then the dressing room, and finally the lavatory itself. English borrowed toilet and toile from the same source.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tela
- English cognates
- toilet, toile
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluraltoilettesirregular
Examples
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Where is the toilet, please?
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The public toilets are at the back of the park.
aux .
I need to use the loo before leaving.
couloir, .
The toilets are at the end of the corridor, on the left.
aux .
I need to go to the toilet before catching the train.
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