WC
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English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdʌbəlju ˈsiː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
WC (plural WCs)
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:toilet, Thesaurus:bathroom
- 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:
- In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
- (proofreading) Initialism of word choice.
- (sports) Abbreviation of world championship.
- (sports) Abbreviation of world cup.
- (in personal ads) Initialism of white couple.
- Hyponym: MWC
Descendants
(water closet):
Translations
abbreviation for water closet
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
WC n (indeclinable)
Further reading
- “WC”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Estonian
Pronunciation
Noun
WC (genitive WC, partitive WC-d)
Declension
Declension of WC (type initialism)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | WC | WC-d |
| genitive | WC | WC-de |
| partitive | WC-d | WC-sid |
| illative | WC-sse | WC-desse |
| inessive | WC-s | WC-des |
| elative | WC-st | WC-dest |
| allative | WC-le | WC-dele |
| adessive | WC-l | WC-del |
| ablative | WC-lt | WC-delt |
| translative | WC-ks | WC-deks |
| terminative | WC-ni | WC-deni |
| essive | WC-na | WC-dena |
| abessive | WC-ta | WC-deta |
| comitative | WC-ga | WC-dega |
Declension of WC (type initialism)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | WC | WC'd |
| genitive | WC | WC'de |
| partitive | WC'd | WC'sid |
| illative | WC'sse | WC'desse |
| inessive | WC's | WC'des |
| elative | WC'st | WC'dest |
| allative | WC'le | WC'dele |
| adessive | WC'l | WC'del |
| ablative | WC'lt | WC'delt |
| translative | WC'ks | WC'deks |
| terminative | WC'ni | WC'deni |
| essive | WC'na | WC'dena |
| abessive | WC'ta | WC'deta |
| comitative | WC'ga | WC'dega |
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
WC
Declension
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Synonyms
- käymälä
- toiletti
- (men's) miestenhuone
- (women's) naistenhuone
- (dated) klosetti
- (colloquial) vessa
- (colloquial) veski
- (colloquial) hyyskä
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “WC”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
WC m pl (plural only)
- (plural only) WC (toilets)
Related terms
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
WC n (strong, genitive WCs, plural WCs)
- WC (water closet)
- Synonyms: Toilette, Klo, Wasserklosett
Declension
Declension of WC
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
WC (plural WC-k)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | WC | WC-k |
| accusative | WC-t | WC-ket |
| dative | WC-nek | WC-knek |
| instrumental | WC-vel | WC-kkel |
| causal-final | WC-ért | WC-kért |
| translative | WC-vé | WC-kké |
| terminative | WC-ig | WC-kig |
| essive-formal | WC-ként | WC-kként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | WC-ben | WC-kben |
| superessive | WC-n | WC-ken |
| adessive | WC-nél | WC-knél |
| illative | WC-be | WC-kbe |
| sublative | WC-re | WC-kre |
| allative | WC-hez | WC-khez |
| elative | WC-ből | WC-kből |
| delative | WC-ről | WC-kről |
| ablative | WC-től | WC-ktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
WC-é | WC-ké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
WC-éi | WC-kéi |
| Possessive forms of WC | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | WC-m | WC-im |
| 2nd person sing. | WC-d | WC-id |
| 3rd person sing. | WC-je | WC-i |
| 1st person plural | WC-nk | WC-ink |
| 2nd person plural | WC-tek | WC-itek |
| 3rd person plural | WC-jük | WC-ik |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English WC, an initialism for water closet.
Pronunciation
Noun
WC m or n (definite singular WCen or WCet, indefinite plural WCar or WC, definite plural WCane or WCa)
- WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English WC.
Pronunciation
Noun
WC n (indeclinable)
- lavatory, loo, toilet, water closet, WC
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ubikacja
Further reading
- WC in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- WC in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English WC.
Noun
WC m (plural WCs)
- WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
- Synonym: banheiro