toilet
Pronunciation: /ˈtɔɪlɪt/
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[ with object] (usually as noun toileting)
Definition of toilet
noun
verb ( toilets, toileting, toileted)
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French toilette 'cloth, wrapper', diminutive of toile (see toile). The word originally denoted a cloth used as a wrapper for clothes; then (in the 17th century) a cloth cover for a dressing table, the articles used in dressing, and the process of dressing, later also of washing oneself (sense 2 of the noun). In the 19th century the word came to denote a dressing room, and, in the US, one with washing facilities; hence, a lavatory (early 20th century)
