"toilet room" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-toilet room.wav Forms: toilet rooms [plural]
Etymology: Originally from French chambre or cabinet de toilette, used for private grooming areas and then euphemistically for the locations of chamber pots and the plumbing fixtures which took their name from the room. Now generally understood as a direct (even impolitely overly direct) reference to the fixtures. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|chambre de toilette|chambre}} French chambre Head templates: {{en-noun}} toilet room (plural toilet rooms)
  1. (historical) A room in which to perform one's toilet, including dressing and grooming, particularly before execution. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms (obsolete room for dressing and grooming): cabinet, chamber
    Sense id: en-toilet_room-en-noun-G7SSTpvJ Disambiguation of Rooms: 56 44 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'obsolete room for dressing and grooming': 78 22
  2. (originally US euphemistic) A room in which to use a toilet: a lavatory. Synonyms (lavatory): toilet
    Sense id: en-toilet_room-en-noun-Fvg59ziX Categories (other): American English, English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'lavatory': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lavatory room [dated], bathroom, toiletroom, toilet-room Derived forms: gentlemen's room, ladies' room, men's room, women's room, tearoom (english: as a lavatory)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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