2007-06-12 02:28:25 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The original name for a bathroom.
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2016-10-09 01:17:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
water closet
–noun 1. an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
2. Older Use. a privy or bathroom. Abbreviation: WC, w.c.
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[Origin: 1745–55]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source water closet
n. Abbr. WC
A room or booth containing a toilet and often a washbowl.
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WordNet - Cite This Source water closet
noun
a toilet in Britain
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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
ˈwater-closet noun
(abbreviation WC dabljuˈsiː) a lavatory
Arabic: مِرْحاض
Chinese (Simplified): 厕所
Chinese (Traditional): 廁所
Czech: splachovací záchod
Danish: wc
Dutch: watercloset
Estonian: WC
Finnish: WC
French: toilettes
German: das Wasserklosett
Greek: αποχωρητήριο, καμπινές
Hungarian: vécé
Icelandic: klósett, vatnssalerni
Indonesian: kamar kecil
Italian: bagno
Japanese: 洗面所
Latvian: tualete
Lithuanian: išvietė
Norwegian: vannklosett, WC
Polish: ustęp
Portuguese (Brazil): privada
Portuguese (Portugal): retrete
Russian: туалет
Slovak: splachovací záchod
Slovenian: stranišče
Spanish: wáter, inodoro
Swedish: vattenklosett, wc
Turkish: tuvalet klozeti
2007-06-12 02:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by sa_shhh_a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A toilet basically
there are a few opinions about when and where the first "water closet " or "toilet"as we know it originated.
One opinion is >
The English Origins: There was a noble origin to the water closet in its earliest days. Sir John Harington, godson to Queen Elizabeth, set about making a "necessary" for his godmother and himself in 1596. A rather accomplished inventor, Harington ended his career with this invention, for he was ridiculed by his peers for this absurd device. He never built another one, though he and his godmother both used theirs.
Another is >
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has flushed Britain's claims to have invented the water closet down the pan with the discovery of a 2,000-year-old toilet complete with running water, a stone seat and a comfortable armrest.
Archaeologists found the antique latrine in the tomb of a king of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC to 24 AD), who believed his soul would need to enjoy human life after death, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
"This top-grade stool is the earliest of its kind ever discovered in the world, meaning that the Chinese used the world's earliest water closet which is quite like what we are using today," Xinhua quoted the archaeologists' report as saying.
"It was a great invention and a symbol of social civilization of that time," Xinhua said.
Hope that Helps :)
2007-06-12 02:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother in law used to call the shower a "rain locker" so I'm guessing a water closet is either the shower or a bathroom.
2007-06-12 02:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bathroom
2007-06-12 02:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by BL1957 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bathroom
2007-06-12 02:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its what backwards people, a.k.a. Europeans, call a restroom. I live in Europe right now, and all they do here is b*tch about Americans, and that we can grasp intelligent humor and things like that, meanwhile, they can't deal with calling a room with a toilet, a "restroom," but will call it things like a "Water Closet," or a "Loo" (yeah, those names make far better sense the rest room, [sarcastic])
2007-06-12 02:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by Dr.Cool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the Old English name for the bathroom. Since the toilet has water in it.
2007-06-12 02:30:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an old-fashioned word for bathroom. Dates back to the point where indoor plumbing was first installed.
2007-06-12 02:31:41 · answer #10 · answered by P M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋