"jakes" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jakes.wav [Southern-England] Forms: jakeses [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪks Etymology: From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting". Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|Jake|pos=variant of “Jack”}} Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”), {{m|enm|Jakke|pos=variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”}} Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”), {{m|en|jacques}} jacques, {{m|en|Cousin John}} Cousin John, {{m|en|Quincy}} Quincy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} jakes (usually uncountable, plural jakeses)
  1. plural of jake in its various senses. Tags: form-of, plural, uncountable, usually Form of: jake (extra: in its various senses)
    Sense id: en-jakes-en-noun-islp~r6N
  2. (now chiefly Ireland) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. Tags: Ireland, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms (place to urinate and defecate): outhouse
    Sense id: en-jakes-en-noun-nrUd2xYZ Disambiguation of Buildings: 8 45 46 Disambiguation of Rooms: 9 48 43 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 7 73 20 Categories (other): Irish English Disambiguation of 'place to urinate and defecate': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jacks, jacques, jakes's, jakeses [obsolete] Derived forms: jakeshouse

Verb [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jakes.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪks Etymology: From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting". Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|Jake|pos=variant of “Jack”}} Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”), {{m|enm|Jakke|pos=variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”}} Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”), {{m|en|jacques}} jacques, {{m|en|Cousin John}} Cousin John, {{m|en|Quincy}} Quincy Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} jakes
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jake: to play a form of prank Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: jake (extra: to play a form of prank) Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms
    Sense id: en-jakes-en-verb-gWd0Wasg Disambiguation of Buildings: 8 45 46 Disambiguation of Rooms: 9 48 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 23 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 23 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jacks, jacques, jakes's, jakeses [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jacks"
    },
    {
      "word": "jacques"
    },
    {
      "word": "jakes's"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "jakeses"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jakes"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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