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latrine

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ləˈtɹiːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːn
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH0 T R IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India

Qualifier: otherwise military

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A chamber pot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a public toilet in a military area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room

History

Etymology

From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin lātrīna.

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: lletrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Bulgarian: отходно място (othodno mjasto) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Catalan: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Catalan: comuna — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旱廁 /旱厕 (hàncè) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Corsican: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Corsican: latrine — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Corsican: comudu — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Czech: latrína — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Czech: záchod — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Danish: latrin — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Dutch: latrine — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Emilian: latrèátna — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Emilian: césso — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Esperanto: latrino — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Finnish: riukula — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Finnish: latriini — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Finnish: ulkokäymälä — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Finnish: ulkovessa — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Finnish: puucee — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Finnish: paskahuusi — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • French: latrine — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • French: latrines — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • West-Frisian: latrine — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Friulian: comud — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Friulian: čhiadôr — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Friulian: necessari — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Galician: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • German: Latrine — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 (urruns) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Ancient Greek: ἀφεδρών (aphedrṓn) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Ancient Greek: κοπρών (koprṓn) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Greenlandic: anartarfiit imaat — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Hebrew: לטרינה — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Hungarian: árnyékszék — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Hungarian: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Hungarian: budi — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Hungarian: pottyantós — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Italian: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Italian: cesso alla turca — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Khmer: បង្គន់ (bɑngkʊən) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Ladin: cesso — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Ladin: comodo — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Ladin: soler — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Ladino: huz — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Latin: latrīna — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Latin: forica — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Macedonian: чу́чавец (čúčavec) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Malayalam: കക്കൂസ് (kakkūsŭ) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Navajo: yah ańdajikahí — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Occitan: latrinas — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Occitan: escremièras — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Polish: latryna — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Portuguese: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Quechua: ispana ukhu — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Romanian: latrină — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Romanian: privată — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Romansh: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Russian: убо́рная (ubórnaja) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Russian: отхо́жее ме́сто (otxóžeje mésto) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Russian: сорти́р (sortír) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Russian: пара́ша (paráša) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Sardinian: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Sardinian: bascia — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Sardinian: códomu — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Serbo-Croatian: чучавац — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Slovak: latrína — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Lower Sorbian: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Upper Sorbian: latrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Spanish: letrina — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Spanish: retrete — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Swedish: latrin — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Thai: ส้วม (sûuam) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Tibetan: ཆབ་ཁུང (chab khung) — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Turkish: hela — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Turkish: kenef — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse
  • Turkish: dışkılık — a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench — see also toilet, outhouse