Translation
toilet; loo
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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
Examples
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Where is the toilet, please?
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The public toilets are at the back of the park.
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I need to use the loo before leaving.
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The toilets are at the end of the corridor, on the left.
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I need to go to the toilet before catching the train.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 8: toilettes, deuxième, nécessaire and 7 more words.