Toilette

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See also: toilette and toiletté

German

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Etymology

Borrowed from French toilette, ca. 1700.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to̯aˈlɛtə/, , , ,
  • IPA(key): /tɔʏ̯ˈlɛtə/ (alternatively in southern Germany and Austria)
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Noun

Toilette f (genitive Toilette, plural Toiletten)

  1. toilet
    Synonyms: WC, (informal) Klo
  2. (dated, higher register) toilette (one's style of dressing; grooming)
    • 1914 [1900], Sigmund Freud, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams]‎, 4th edition, Leipzig, Wien: Franz Deuticke:
      An dem Abend vor dem Traume hatte ich diesen kurzen Weg wirklich in etwas derangierter Toilette gemacht, d. h. ich hatte Kragen, Krawatte und Manschetten abgelegt; […]
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Declension

Declension of Toilette
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Toilette die Toiletten
genitive einer der Toilette der Toiletten
dative einer der Toilette den Toiletten
accusative eine die Toilette die Toiletten

Descendants

  • → Estonian: tualett
  • → Hungarian: toalett

Further reading

  • “Toilette” in Duden online
  • “Toilette” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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