Le petit coin, le trône – other words for the toilet, common slang.
Paris has more than 400 public toilets, called sanisettes, located on the public footpaths around Paris.
Latrine. The word Latrine has its roots in both Latin and French. It comes from the Latin word for wash, 'lavare'. Over time, this Latin word evolved into 'lavatrina' which was then shortened to 'latrina' before eventually becoming 'latrine' courtesy of the French people in the mid-1600s.
Where's The Bathroom/ I Need to Go to The Bathroom. Asking “where's the bathroom?” works in both a public and private setting, and is appropriate for formal and informal situations. Likewise, saying “I need to go to the bathroom” tells people in a polite manner where you're going.
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This is a polite euphemism for using the toilet, and is general used humorously.
'Excuse me but where is the loo? ' 'Could you tell me where the restroom is please? '
You can use the word excreta, which means “excreted matter, like urine, feces, or sweat,” the next time you find yourself in need of a more refined synonym for poop.
Bog roll. Taken from the 16th-century Scottish/Irish word meaning 'soft and moist,' bog means restroom or lavatory. Bog roll, naturally, is an idiom for toilet paper. This will come in especially handy if you find yourself in a dire situation in the loo.
The word “latrine,” or latrina in Latin, was used to describe a private toilet in someone's home, usually constructed over a cesspit. Public toilets were called foricae. They were often attached to public baths, whose water was used to flush down the filth.
“Going Dutch” means splitting the bill in half at the restaurant, and “having a French shower” means to spray on too much deodorant instead of washing oneself.
pee. informal to pass liquid waste from your body. A more formal word for this is urinate.
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the evacuation of the bowels; defecation.
5. The word Djilawa (meaning toilet) has been included on all their bathroom doors.
Because it had water, it became known as the water closet. Somehow the name stuck, and plumbers continue to refer to a toilet as a water closet. That's what the “WC” imprinted on most toilets stands for.
The dunny was originally any outside toilet. In cities and towns the pan-type dunny was emptied by the dunny man, who came round regularly with his dunny cart. Dunny can now be used for any toilet. The word comes from British dialect dunnekin meaning an 'earth closet, (outside) privy' from dung + ken 'house'.
It's not an expression that is used a lot in the UK. Yes we all know what it means but we are much likely to say 'go to the loo, toilet, lavatory, ladies/gents', In some circles we may go to the bog, dunny, khasi, crapper, etc. Or we may just want to go 'out the back'.
You can simply say; "Excuse me." and get up and go. I've never heard anyone say 'Water Closet'. I should say that 'I'm just going to the toilet' is not in anyway rude and is unlikely to offend anyone.
baignoire {f} bathtub (also: bath, bath tub, ground floor box)
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