water closet

See also: water-closet

English

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Noun

water closet (plural water closets)

  1. (chiefly Europe) A room containing a flush toilet.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom
  2. (UK) A flush toilet itself.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:toilet
    Coordinate term: earth closet
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water,‎ closet.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: water-closet

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Spanish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English water closet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌw̝ateɾ ˈkloset/ [ˌw̝a.t̪eɾ ˈklo.set̪]
  • Syllabification: wa‧ter clo‧set

Noun

water closet m (plural water closets)

  1. water closet
    Synonyms: water, wáter, váter

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “water closet”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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