toilette

Borrowed from French toilette; more at toilet.

• Rhymes: -ɛt

toilette (plural toilettes)

1. (archaic) A dressing table, typically covered to the floor with cloth (originally, toile) and lace, on which stood a mirror, which might also be draped in lace.
2. (archaic) Personal grooming, in other words washing, dressing, etc.
3. Alternative spelling of toilet (Can we add an example for this sense?)

toile (“cloth”) +‎ -ette

• IPA^(key): /twa.lɛt/

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toilette f (plural toilettes)

1. toilet (act of cleaning oneself)
2. (Belgium) the toilet, lavatory

• In Belgium the word for "toilet/lavatory" is singular (la toilette) while in the rest of the world the noun is plural (les toilettes).

• “toilette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French toilette.

toilette f (invariable)

1. toilet (all senses)
2. makeup
3. dressing table

• toalete, toilete

Borrowed from French toilette.

• IPA^(key): /to.a.ˈlɛ.t(ʃ)i/
• Hyphenation: to‧a‧le‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛt(ʃ)i

toilette f (plural toilettes)

1. toilet (personal grooming)

toilette m (plural toilettes)

1. toilet; lavatory; bathroom

• lavabo, banheiro, casa de banho