"wc" meaning in All languages combined

See wc on Wiktionary

Noun [Nederlands]

IPA: /ʋese/ Audio: nl-wc.ogg Forms: wc's [plural], wc'tje [diminutive, singular], wc'tjes [diminutive, plural]
  1. toilet [1]
    Sense id: nl-wc-nl-noun-MpBuZf5D Categories (other): Sanitair_in_het_Nederlands, Woorden met boekreferenties
  2. toiletpot
    Sense id: nl-wc-nl-noun-Yr1VlAh8 Categories (other): Sanitair_in_het_Nederlands, Woorden met boekreferenties
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wc-pot Derived forms: wc-pot, wc-borstel, wc-bril, wc-deur, wc-eend, wc-papier, wc-pot, wc-rol Translations (toilet): Toilette [feminine] (Duits), WC (Engels), toaleta [feminine] (Pools), inodoro [masculine] (Spaans), váter [masculine] (Spaans) Translations (toiletpot): water closet (Engels), flush toilet (Engels), muszla klozetowa [feminine] (Pools)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Retrograad van het Nederlands",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "wc-borstel"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-bril"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-deur"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-eend"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-papier"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-pot"
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Leenwoord uit het Engels, in de betekenis van ‘watercloset’ voor het eerst aangetroffen in 1906",
    "Afkorting van watercloset"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "wc's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wc'tje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Nederlands",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Zelfstandig naamwoord",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Woorden met boekreferenties",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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              19,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Ik ga even naar de wc."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Marion Pauw e.a.\n “4 wandelaars en een Siciliaan” (2022), The House of Books, ISBN 9789044363340",
          "text": "Gefrustreerd stapte ik uit bed om naar de wc te gaan."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Tim Voors\n “Alleen, De Pacific Crest Trail te voet van Mexico naar Canada”, eBook: Mat-Zet bv, Soest (2018), Fontaine Uitgevers",
          "text": "Zelf moest ik ook erg nodig naar de wc, maar ik durfde na dit verhaal absoluut niet meer naar buiten."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "toilet [1]"
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "sanitair"
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              11,
              13
            ]
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          "text": "Je bent de wc vergeten door te trekken."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jessie Burton vert. Marja Borg\n “De muze” (2017), Luitingh-Sijthoff , ISBN 9789024574704",
          "text": "Ik ging naar de wc en stak mijn hand tussen mijn benen; wat geronnen bloed, maar het duidelijkste symptoom was de vage buikpijn die ik had, onderin, een doffe pijn, het gevoel dat ik was opengereten en beurs was."
        }
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    {
      "lang": "Duits",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Toilette"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Engels",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "WC"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Pools",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "váter"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "toiletpot",
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      "word": "water closet"
    },
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "toiletpot",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "toiletpot",
      "sense_index": 2,
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muszla klozetowa"
    }
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}
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    "Retrograad van het Nederlands",
    "Telbaar",
    "WikiWoordenboek:Wikilink",
    "Woorden in het Nederlands",
    "Woorden in het Nederlands met IPA-weergave",
    "Woorden in het Nederlands met audioweergave",
    "Woorden in het Nederlands van lengte 2",
    "Woorden met 2 lettergrepen in het Nederlands",
    "Zelfstandig naamwoord in het Nederlands"
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "wc-pot"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-borstel"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-bril"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-deur"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-eend"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-papier"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-pot"
    },
    {
      "word": "wc-rol"
    }
  ],
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    "Leenwoord uit het Engels, in de betekenis van ‘watercloset’ voor het eerst aangetroffen in 1906",
    "Afkorting van watercloset"
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wc'tje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wc'tjes",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "wc"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Nederlands",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Zelfstandig naamwoord",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanitair_in_het_Nederlands",
        "Woorden met boekreferenties"
      ],
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              19,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Ik ga even naar de wc."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Marion Pauw e.a.\n “4 wandelaars en een Siciliaan” (2022), The House of Books, ISBN 9789044363340",
          "text": "Gefrustreerd stapte ik uit bed om naar de wc te gaan."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Tim Voors\n “Alleen, De Pacific Crest Trail te voet van Mexico naar Canada”, eBook: Mat-Zet bv, Soest (2018), Fontaine Uitgevers",
          "text": "Zelf moest ik ook erg nodig naar de wc, maar ik durfde na dit verhaal absoluut niet meer naar buiten."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "toilet [1]"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "sanitair"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanitair_in_het_Nederlands",
        "Woorden met boekreferenties"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Je bent de wc vergeten door te trekken."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jessie Burton vert. Marja Borg\n “De muze” (2017), Luitingh-Sijthoff , ISBN 9789024574704",
          "text": "Ik ging naar de wc en stak mijn hand tussen mijn benen; wat geronnen bloed, maar het duidelijkste symptoom was de vage buikpijn die ik had, onderin, een doffe pijn, het gevoel dat ik was opengereten en beurs was."
        }
      ],
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        "toiletpot"
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        "sanitair"
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      "ipa": "/ʋese/"
    }
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      "word": "wc-pot"
    }
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    "masculine"
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      "lang": "Duits",
      "lang_code": "de",
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      "sense_index": 1,
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        "feminine"
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "WC"
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      "lang": "Pools",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toaleta"
    },
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      "lang": "Spaans",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inodoro"
    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "toilet",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "toiletpot",
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    },
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      "lang_code": "en",
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    },
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      "sense_index": 2,
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muszla klozetowa"
    }
  ],
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}

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