Phrase guide

flush toilet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flushing toilet

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lavatory

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: escusáu — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Azerbaijani: ayaqyolu — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Basque: komun — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Belarusian: туалет (tualjet) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Bulgarian: тоалетна (toaletna) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Catalan: excusat — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Catalan: lavabo — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Catalan: vàter — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Catalan: comuna — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Chichewa: chógéjemula — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抽水馬桶 /抽水马桶 (chōushuǐ mǎtǒng) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沖水式廁所 /冲水式厕所 (chōngshuǐshì cèsuǒ) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Czech: záchod — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Czech: záchodová mísa — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Czech: toaleta — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Danish: toilet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Danish: wc — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Dutch: toiletpot — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Dutch: wc-pot — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Dutch: toilet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Dutch: wc — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Emilian: gabinàtt — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Esperanto: klozeto — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Esperanto: necesejo — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Finnish: vesivessa — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • French: chasse d'eau — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • French: cuvette de toilette — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • French: toilettes — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • French: w.-c. — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Friulian: necessari — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Galician: retrete — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Galician: inodoro — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Galician: váter — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Georgian: უნიტაზი (uniṭazi) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • German: Toilette — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • German: WC — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Greek: λεκάνη τουαλέτας (lekáni toualétas) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Greek: αποχωρητήριο (apochoritírio) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Greek: τουαλέτα (toualéta) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Hawaiian: lua — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Hawaiian: ipu lua — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Hungarian: vízöblítéses vécé — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Icelandic: klósett — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Ido: latrino — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Ido: tualeteyo — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Interlingua: water-closet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Irish: clóiséad uisce — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: water — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: gabinetto — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: water-closet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: WC — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: tazza — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: cesso — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: vaso — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: vaso sanitario — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Italian: sciacquone — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Japanese: 水洗式トイレ (suisenshiki-toire) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Japanese: 水洗式便所 (suisenshiki-benjo) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Japanese: 便器 (benki) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Kazakh: унитаз (unitaz) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Korean: 변기 (byeon'gi) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Latvian: klozetpods — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Lombard: gabinett — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Luxembourgish: Toilette — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Luxembourgish: Klo — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Malagasy: toerana fidiovana — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Malay: tandas — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Malay: bilik air — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Maltese: tojlit — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Māori: heketua — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Māori: whare paku — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Māori: hamuti — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Māori: wharetiko — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Nahuatl: cuitlacalli — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Nahuatl: axixicalli — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Nahuatl: nemanauilcalli — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: toalett — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannklosett — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: wc — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: toalett — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vasskosett — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: wc — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Occitan: lavatinas — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Occitan: privat — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Persian: سیفون — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Piedmontese: cess — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Polish: klozet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Polish: ubikacja — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Portuguese: vaso sanitário — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Portuguese: sanita — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Portuguese: privada — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Portuguese: retrete — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Portuguese: sentina — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Romanian: toaletă — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Romanian: closet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Romanian: vece — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Romanian: privată — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Romansh: tualetta — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Russian: унита́з (unitáz) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Northern Sami: hivsset — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Sardinian: privàda — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Sardinian: tzèsso — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: тоалет — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: шоља — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: клозетска шоља — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: toalet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: šolja — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: klozetska šolja — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Sicilian: cessu — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Sicilian: cabbinettu o tazza — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Slovak: záchod — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Slovak: toaleta — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Slovene: stranišče — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Slovene: toaleta — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Lower Sorbian: rožk — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Lower Sorbian: wenk — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Lower Sorbian: toaleta — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Upper Sorbian: hajzl n nuznik — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Upper Sorbian: wustup — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Spanish: water — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Spanish: taza — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Spanish: inodoro — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Spanish: excusado — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Spanish: retrete — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Spanish: váter — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Swedish: vattenklosett — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Swedish: toalettstol — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Thai: โถส้วม (tŏh sûam) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Turkish: tuvalet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Turkmen: tualet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Ukrainian: уніта́з (unitáz) — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Venetan: cesso — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Vietnamese: xí bệt — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Volapük: prifet — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Welsh: toiled — toilet that uses water to remove waste
  • Welsh: powlen tŷ bach — toilet that uses water to remove waste