tualett

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Toilette (“toilet”), from French toilette (“toilet; lavatory”), from both toile (“fabric; cloth”), from Old French toile (“fabric; web”), from earlier form teile, from Latin tēla (“web”), from Proto-Italic *tekslā, and the ending from -ette, feminine form of -et, from Middle French -et, from Old French -et, from Late Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic *-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós (suffix creating verbal adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuɑletː/
  • Rhymes: -uɑletː
  • Hyphenation: tu‧a‧lett

Noun

tualett (genitive tualeti, partitive tualetti)

  1. a toilet (a room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet.)
    palun öelge, kus siin tualett on
    please tell me where the toilet is
  2. (formal) a toilet (a woman's style of dressing: dress, outfit.) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. toilet (personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.)
    hambapesule järgnes hommikune tualett
    tooth brushing was followed by the morning toilet

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • tualettpaber (“toilet paper”), tualettpott (“toilet bowl”)

See also

  • latriin (“outdoor toilet”)

References

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