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href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="lavatory" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a 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<span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/lavatorie#Middle_English" title="lavatorie">lavatorie</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Late Latin">Late Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/lavatorium#Latin" title="lavatorium">lavātōrium</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/lavo#Latin" title="lavo">lavāre</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">wash</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/-ium#Latin" title="-ium">-ium</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">forming places related to an activity</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lavatorium#English" title="lavatorium">lavatorium</a></i>. As a place to pan gold, via <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Spanish language">Spanish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/lavadero#Spanish" title="lavadero">lavadero</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>See also</i> <b><a href="/wiki/lave" title="lave">lave</a></b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">lavatory</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lavatories#English" title="lavatories">lavatories</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/vessel" title="vessel">vessel</a> or <a href="/wiki/fixture" title="fixture">fixture</a> for <a href="/wiki/washing" title="washing">washing</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/particularly" title="particularly">particularly</a>:</i> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#a." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="ante">a.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1375</b></span>, <cite>Lay Folks Mass Book</cite>, Appendix iv, p. 606:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/when#English" title="when">Whon</a> he <a href="/wiki/has#English" title="has">haþ</a> <a href="/wiki/used#English" title="used">vsed</a> he <a href="/wiki/walks#English" title="walks">walkeþ</a> <a href="/wiki/right#English" title="right">riht</a><br />To <strong class="selflink">Lauatorie</strong> <a href="/wiki/there#English" title="there">þer</a> <a href="/wiki/it#English" title="it">hit</a> is diht<br />For to <a href="/wiki/wash#English" title="wash">wassche</a> his <a href="/wiki/hand#English" title="hand">hende</a>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>1382</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Bible">Bible</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe_Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Wycliffe Bible">Wycliffe</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Exodus">Exod</a>. 30:18: <dl><dd>And <a href="/wiki/thou" title="thou">thow</a> <a href="/wiki/shall" title="shall">shalt</a> make a <a href="/wiki/brazen" title="brazen">brasun</a> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">lauatory</a> with his foot to <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">wasshe</a> with.</dd></dl></li></ul> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/laver" title="laver">laver</a>: a <a href="/wiki/washbasin" title="washbasin">washbasin</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/bathtub" title="bathtub">bathtub</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/piscina" title="piscina">piscina</a>: the <a href="/wiki/basin" title="basin">basin</a> <a href="/wiki/use" title="use">used</a> for <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washing</a> <a href="/wiki/communion" title="communion">communion</a> <a href="/wiki/vessel" title="vessel">vessels</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/lavabo" title="lavabo">lavabo</a>: the <a href="/wiki/basin" title="basin">basin</a> <a href="/wiki/use" title="use">used</a> for <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washing</a> <a href="/wiki/one" title="one">one</a>'s <a href="/wiki/hand" title="hand">hands</a> before <a href="/wiki/handling" title="handling">handling</a> the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> usually <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figurative</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/baptismal_font" title="baptismal font">baptismal font</a>: the <a href="/wiki/basin" title="basin">basin</a> <a href="/wiki/use" title="use">used</a> for <a href="/wiki/baptism" title="baptism">baptism</a>, <a href="/wiki/use" title="use">used</a> <a href="/wiki/figurative" title="figurative">figuratively</a> for the <a href="/wiki/wash_away" title="wash away">washing away</a> of <a href="/wiki/sin" title="sin">sins</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">construction, interior design</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/plumbing" title="plumbing">plumbing</a> <a href="/wiki/fixture" title="fixture">fixture</a> <a href="/wiki/use" title="use">used</a> for <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washing</a>: a <a href="/wiki/sink" title="sink">sink</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a <b>lavatory</b> but no bath.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2005</b></span>, Michael W. Litchfield, <cite>Renovation</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CPZQYiuX-W0C&pg=PA325">page <span class="None" lang="und">325</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>Lavatories</b> (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2011</b></span>, Sharon Koomen Harmon <i>et al.</i>, <cite>The Codes Guidebook for Interiors</cite>, <span class="None" lang="und"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BdT-tAR_afAC&pg=PA288">page 288</a>：</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Anywhere a water closet is used, a <b>lavatory</b> (ie, hand-washing sink) must also be installed.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li> <li><a href="/wiki/handwashing" title="handwashing">Handwashing</a> as an act, <i><a href="/wiki/particularly" title="particularly">particularly</a></i> <ul><li><b>1513</b>, Robert Fabyan, last will and testament: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/wt" title="wt">W<sup><small>t</small></sup></a> <a href="/wiki/condition" title="condition">condicion</a> that at the <a href="/wiki/time" title="time">tyme</a> of the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lavatory</a> <a href="/wiki/every" title="every">eueryche</a> of <a href="/wiki/them" title="them">theym</a> <a href="/wiki/turn" title="turn">turne</a> <a href="/wiki/them" title="them">theym</a> to the people, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=exort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="exort (page does not exist)">exorte</a> <a href="/wiki/them" title="them">theym</a> to pray for <a href="/wiki/ye" title="ye">ye</a> <a href="/wiki/souls" title="souls">soules</a> following...</dd></dl></li></ul> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/lavabo" title="lavabo">lavabo</a>: the <a href="/wiki/ritual" title="ritual">ritual</a> <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washing</a> of <a href="/wiki/hand" title="hand">hands</a> before <a href="/wiki/handling" title="handling">handling</a> the <a href="/wiki/eucharist" title="eucharist">eucharist</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/ritual" title="ritual">ritual</a> <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washing</a> of <a href="/wiki/hand" title="hand">hands</a> after <a href="/wiki/using" title="using">using</a> the <a href="/wiki/piscina" title="piscina">piscina</a> to <a href="/wiki/clean" title="clean">clean</a> the <a href="/wiki/communion" title="communion">communion</a> <a href="/wiki/vessel" title="vessel">vessels</a>.</li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/liquid" title="liquid">liquid</a> <a href="/wiki/use" title="use">used</a> in <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washing</a>; a <a href="/wiki/lotion" title="lotion">lotion</a>; a <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">wash</a>; a <a href="/wiki/rinse" title="rinse">rinse</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1490</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Vergilius_Maro" class="extiw" title="w:Publius Vergilius Maro">Publius Vergilius Maro</a>, chapter XXVIII, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton" class="extiw" title="w:William Caxton">William Caxton</a>, transl., <cite>The Boke yf Eneydos</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">110</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They must be <a href="/wiki/wash#English" title="wash">wasshed</a> <a href="/wiki/with#English" title="with">wyth</a> <a href="/wiki/wine#English" title="wine">wyne</a> or <a href="/wiki/with#English" title="with">wyth</a> some other <strong class="selflink">lauatorye</strong>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/washroom" title="washroom">washroom</a>: a <a href="/wiki/room" title="room">room</a> <a href="/wiki/use" title="use">used</a> for <a href="/wiki/washing" title="washing">washing</a> the <a href="/wiki/face" title="face">face</a> and <a href="/wiki/hand" title="hand">hands</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2003</b></span>, Gauvin A. Bailey, <cite>Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=suRw3StCpEEC&pg=PA61">page <span class="None" lang="und">61</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Even the <b>lavatory</b>, a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#euphemism" title="Appendix:Glossary">euphemistic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/room" title="room">room</a> <a href="/wiki/contain" title="contain">containing</a> a <a href="/wiki/toilet" title="toilet">toilet</a>: a <a href="/wiki/bathroom" title="bathroom">bathroom</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> or <a href="/wiki/WC" title="WC">WC</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">UK</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Americans don't know '<a href="/wiki/WC#English" title="WC">WC</a>' and Brits mock '<a href="/wiki/bathroom#English" title="bathroom">bathroom</a>' but everyone usually understands '<a href="/wiki/toilet#English" title="toilet">toilet</a>' or '<strong class="selflink">lavatory</strong>'.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2003</b></span>, Rob Rachowiecki <i>et al.</i>, <cite>Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4KQbiA1T-MEC&pg=PA44">page <span class="None" lang="und">44</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">People needing to use the <b>lavatory</b> often ask to use the <i>baño</i> in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2014</b></span>, “Verbatim Comments”, in Corey, Canapary & Galanis, editor, <cite>Caltrain 2014 On-Board Survey</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.caltrain.com/media/1505/download#page=2">[1]</a></sup>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrain" class="extiw" title="w:Caltrain">Caltrain</a>, retrieved <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2023-07-30">2023-07-30</span>, page 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">THE <a href="/wiki/restroom#English" title="restroom">RESTROOM</a> ON THE OLDER TRAINS ARE TOO SMALL FOR AN ADULT. ONE CAN'T USE THE TOILET WITHOUT CONSTANTLY ELBOWING THE WALL. AIRPLANES HAVE LARGER <b>LAVATORIES</b> AND A BETTER USEABLE FAUCET.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_English" class="extiw" title="w:New England English">New England</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/plumbing" title="plumbing">plumbing</a> <a href="/wiki/fixture" title="fixture">fixture</a> for <a href="/wiki/urination" title="urination">urination</a> and <a href="/wiki/defecation" title="defecation">defecation</a>: a <a href="/wiki/toilet" title="toilet">toilet</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1997</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek" class="extiw" title="w:Slavoj Žižek">Slavoj Žižek</a>, <cite>The Plague of Fantasies</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NM5PqgKd2dsC&pg=PA4">page 4</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In a traditional German <b>lavatory</b>, the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French <b>lavatory</b>, on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) <b>lavatory</b> presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/place" title="place">place</a> to <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">wash</a> <a href="/wiki/clothes" title="clothes">clothes</a>: a <a href="/wiki/laundry" title="laundry">laundry</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/place" title="place">place</a> where <a href="/wiki/gold" title="gold">gold</a> is <a href="/wiki/pan" title="pan">panned</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/paved" title="paved">paved</a> <a href="/wiki/room" title="room">room</a> in a <a href="/wiki/mortuary" title="mortuary">mortuary</a> where <a href="/wiki/corpse" title="corpse">corpses</a> are <a href="/wiki/kept" title="kept">kept</a> <a href="/wiki/under" title="under">under</a> a <a href="/wiki/shower" title="shower">shower</a> of <a href="/wiki/disinfect" title="disinfect">disinfecting</a> <a href="/wiki/fluid" title="fluid">fluid</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The euphemism for a room containing a toilet frequently refers to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_lavatory" class="extiw" title="w:Aircraft lavatory">aircraft lavatory</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_train_toilet" class="extiw" title="w:Passenger train toilet">passenger train toilet</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">basin for washing hands</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <i>See</i> <b><a href="/wiki/washbasin" title="washbasin">washbasin</a></b></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">fixture for washing hands</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <i>See</i> <b><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sink#English" title="sink">sink</a></span></b></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">room with a toilet</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <i>See</i> <b><a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:bathroom" title="Thesaurus:bathroom">Thesaurus:bathroom</a></b></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">toilet</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <i>See</i> <b><a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:toilet" title="Thesaurus:toilet">Thesaurus:toilet</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lav#English" title="lav">lav</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_attendant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory attendant (page does not exist)">lavatory attendant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory basin (page does not exist)">lavatory basin</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_bowl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory bowl (page does not exist)">lavatory bowl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_brush&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory brush (page does not exist)">lavatory brush</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_chain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory chain (page does not exist)">lavatory chain</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_cleanser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory cleanser (page does not exist)">lavatory cleanser</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_humor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory humor (page does not exist)">lavatory humor</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_joke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory joke (page does not exist)">lavatory joke</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_pan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory pan (page does not exist)">lavatory pan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lavatory_paper#English" title="lavatory paper">lavatory paper</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_period&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory period (page does not exist)">lavatory period</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_seat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory seat (page does not exist)">lavatory seat</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_stone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory stone (page does not exist)">lavatory stone</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory_style&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatory style (page does not exist)">lavatory style</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lavvy#English" title="lavvy">lavvy</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lavatorium#English" title="lavatorium">lavatorium</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-sink"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">sink <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/sink#Translations" title="sink">sink</a></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-toilet"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">toilet <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/toilet#Translations" title="toilet">toilet</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatorius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lavatorius (page does not exist)">lavātōrius</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">lavatory</strong> (<i>not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Washing, or cleansing by washing.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms_2">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lavatorial#English" title="lavatorial">lavatorial</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/106352">lavatory</a>, <i>n.</i>" in the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3250810304">lavatory, <i>adj.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, launched 2000.</span></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Lavatory">lavatory</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=lavatory&type=dicts">lavatory</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">lavatory</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/la.va.tɔ.ʁi/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: 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</p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/public_toilet" title="public toilet">public toilet</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/lavatory/">lavatory</a>”, in <cite><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9sor_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise_informatis%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé">Trésor de la langue française informatisé</a></span> <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Digitized Treasury of the French Language<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></cite>, <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span></span></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=lavatory&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">lavatory</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/lavatorie#Middle_English" 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