vessa

Catalan

Verb

vessa

1. inflection of vessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Etymology

Irregularly derived from WC (which is usually read veesee).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋesːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -esːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ves‧sa

Noun

vessa

1. toilet (room or seat)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vessa

   vetää vessa ― to flush the toilet

Usage notes

• The word, while now standard, was once considered colloquial, though never vulgar. If one wants to be absolutely safe, miestenhuone (“men's room”) and naistenhuone (“ladies' room”) may be used.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “vessa”, 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

Anagrams

• saves

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: vessas, vessât

Verb

vessa

1. third-person singular past historic of vesser

Italian

Verb

vessa

1. inflection of vessare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

Noun

vessa m (feminine vessī or vesī)

1. a Vaishya

Declension

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 564.

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vessa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead