"WC" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdʌbəlju ˈsiː/ Forms: WCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} WC (plural WCs)
  1. (UK) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: water closet (extra: a lavatory; a toilet) Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms (water closet): toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom Translations (abbreviation for water closet): WC [neuter] (Czech), wc [neuter] (Danish), WC [neuter] (Danish), wc [masculine] (Dutch), vesi [neuter] (Faroese), WC (Finnish), vessa (Finnish), w.-c. [masculine] (French), WC (Hungarian), vécé (Hungarian), WC (Indonesian), WC [neuter] (Polish), w.c. [neuter] (Polish), WC (Spanish), wc (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-WC-en-noun-GJmFeR0c Categories (other): British English, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 33 35 Disambiguation of 'water closet': 93 2 2 3 Disambiguation of 'abbreviation for water closet': 70 3 13 14
  2. (proofreading) Initialism of word choice. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: word choice
    Sense id: en-WC-en-noun-mLeZ76Ud
  3. (sports) Abbreviation of world championship. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: world championship Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-WC-en-noun-QyjdFVPH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 33 35 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (sports) Abbreviation of world cup. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: world cup Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-WC-en-noun-3X~-3hWH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 33 35 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: w.c.

Inflected forms

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        "Abbreviation of world championship."
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wc"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "WC"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wc"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "word": "WC"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "word": "vessa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "w.-c."
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "word": "WC"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "word": "vécé"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "word": "WC"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "WC"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "w.c."
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "word": "WC"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "abbreviation for water closet",
      "word": "wc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "WC"
}

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