toalett

Hungarian

Etymology

From the German Toilette, from the French toilette (“small cloth”), dim. of toile (“cloth”); a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoɒlɛtː]
• Hyphenation: to‧a‧lett
• Rhymes: -ɛtː

Noun

toalett (plural toalettek)

1. toilet (the act of dressing, washing, grooming oneself)
2. dress
3. dressing room
4. dressing table
5. (rare) lavatory, water closet

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	toalett	toalettek
accusative	toalettet	toaletteket
dative	toalettnek	toaletteknek
instrumental	toalettel	toalettekkel
causal-final	toalettért	toalettekért
translative	toaletté	toalettekké
terminative	toalettig	toalettekig
essive-formal	toalettként	toalettekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	toalettben	toalettekben
superessive	toaletten	toaletteken
adessive	toalettnél	toaletteknél
illative	toalettbe	toalettekbe
sublative	toalettre	toalettekre
allative	toaletthez	toalettekhez
elative	toalettből	toalettekből
delative	toalettről	toalettekről
ablative	toalettől	toalettektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	toaletté	toaletteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	toalettéi	toalettekéi

Possessive forms of toalett
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	toalettem	toalettjeim
2nd person sing.	toaletted	toalettjeid
3rd person sing.	toalettje	toalettjei
1st person plural	toalettünk	toalettjeink
2nd person plural	toalettetek	toalettjeitek
3rd person plural	toalettjük	toalettjeik

Derived terms

Compound words

• toalett-tükör
• toalettasztal
• toalettkészlet
• toalettpapír
• toalettszekrény

 

Further reading

• toalett in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

toalett n (definite singular toalettet, indefinite plural toalett or toaletter, definite plural toaletta or toalettene)

1. a toilet
2. personal grooming
   • Han gjorde sitt morgentoalett

   He was doing his morning grooming session

3. (archaic) attire, suit
   • stort toalett

   gala attire

Derived terms

• dametoalett
• herretoalett
• toalettpapir
• toalettsete

References

• “toalett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

toalett n (definite singular toalettet, indefinite plural toalett, definite plural toaletta)

1. a toilet

Derived terms

• dametoalett
• herretoalett
• toalettpapir
• toalettsete

References

• “toalett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en toalett

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːaˈlɛt/

• Audio:

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Noun

toalett c

1. a toilet (fixture for urination and defecation)

   Synonyms: toalettstol, vattenklosett, klosett, porslinstron

   sitta på toaletten

   sit on the toilet

   spola toaletten

   flush the toilet

2. a bathroom, a toilet (room containing a toilet, and sometimes a shower or bath tub)

   gå på toaletten

   go to the bathroom

   vara på toaletten

   be in the bathroom

   Ursäkta, var är toaletten?

   Excuse me, where is the bathroom?

   Är det upptaget på toaletten?

   Is the bathroom occupied / engaged / in use?

   låsa (upp) toalettdörren

   (un)lock the bathroom door

Declension

Declension of toalett

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	toalett	toaletts
	definite	toaletten	toalettens
plural	indefinite	toaletter	toaletters
	definite	toaletterna	toaletternas

Synonyms (bathroom)

• toa (colloquial)
• dass (colloquial)
• skithus (colloquial)
• hemlighus

Derived terms

• offentlig toalett (“public toilet”)

See also

• badrum
• bajamaja (“portapotty”)
• bajsnödig (“needing to poop”)
• brusefåtölj
• kissnödig (“needing to pee”)
• naturbehov (“call of nature”)
• necessär
• nödig (“needing to pee or poop”)
• spola (“flush”)
• toalettborste (“toilet brush”)
• toalettpapper (“toilet paper”)
• toalettrulle (“toilet roll”)
• toalettsits (“toilet seat”)
• (ute)dass (“outhouse”)

References

• toalett in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• toalett in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• toalett in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)