Toilette

See also: toilette and toiletté

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French toilette, ca. 1700.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to̯aˈlɛtə/, [tɔˈlɛ.tə], [to-], [to.aˈlɛ.tə], [tʋa-]
  • 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

Descendants

  • Estonian: tualett
  • Hungarian: toalett

Further reading

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