"water" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /wa.tɛʁ/ Forms: waters [plural]
Etymology: Ellipsis of water-closet, borrowed from English water closet. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|fr|water-closet}} Ellipsis of water-closet, {{bor|fr|en|water closet}} English water closet Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} water m (plural waters)
  1. toilet, bathroom Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-water-fr-noun-HZPKKyOx
  2. Ellipsis of water-closet. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine Alternative form of: water-closet
    Sense id: en-water-fr-noun-n7RdA25o Categories (other): French ellipses, French ellipses, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French ellipses: 2 98 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: toilettes, toilette [Belgium], waters, WC Derived forms: waters

Inflected forms

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      },
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    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "waters"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "WC"
    }
  ],
  "word": "water"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French ellipses",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from English",
    "French terms derived from English",
    "French terms spelled with W",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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      "ipa": "/wa.tɛʁ/"
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    },
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