"portable toilet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: portable toilets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} portable toilet (plural portable toilets)
  1. A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events). Categories (topical): Buildings and structures, Toilet (room) Synonyms: portapotty, porta-potty, portajohn, portaloo, port-o-john, port-o-potty, portalet, port-o-let, bathroom Translations (portable toilet — see also toilet): bajamaja (Finnish), toilette mobile (French), toilette portable [feminine] (French), toilette autonome [feminine] (French), WC chimique (French), Baustellenklo [neuter] (German), mobile Toilettenkabine [feminine] (German), Mobil-WC [neuter] (German), Mobilklo [neuter] (German), Dixiklo [neuter] (German), Dixi-Klo [neuter] (German), Dixi® [neuter] (German), Dixi [neuter] (German), Sanitärcontainer [masculine] (German), bagno chimico [masculine] (Italian), 仮設トイレ (kasetsu toire) (alt: かせつトイレ) (Japanese), 仮設便所 (kasetsu benjo) (alt: かせつべんじょ) (Japanese), 簡易トイレ (kan'i toire) (alt: かんいといれ) (Japanese), przenośna toaleta [feminine] (Polish), toi-toi [informal, masculine] (Polish), banheiro químico [masculine] (Portuguese), передвижно́й m туале́т (peredvižnój) [masculine] (Russian), туале́тная f каби́нка (tualétnaja) [neuter] (Russian), baño portal [masculine] (Spanish), bajamaja [common-gender] (Swedish), dass [neuter] (Swedish), utedass [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "portajohn"
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          "word": "portaloo"
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