Phrase guide

squat toilet

noun · 1 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A toilet, usually consisting of a hole in the ground and sometimes a tank, which is used while squatting instead of sitting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squatter, Turkish toilet, French toilet

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 蹲式廁所 /蹲式厕所 (dūnshì cèsuǒ) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蹲廁 /蹲厕 (dūncè) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蹲便器 (dūnbiànqì) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Esperanto: kaŭrklozeto — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Finnish: kyykkykäymälä — toilet which is used while squatting
  • French: toilettes à la turque — toilet which is used while squatting
  • German: Hocktoilette — toilet which is used while squatting
  • German: Hockklo — toilet which is used while squatting
  • German: Stehklo — toilet which is used while squatting
  • German: Türkenklo — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Japanese: 和式トイレ (washiki-toire) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Japanese: 和式便所 (washiki-benjo) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Persian: توالت ایرانی (tuâlet-e irâni, tuâlet irâni) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Polish: ubikacja kucana — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Romanian: toaletă turcească — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Russian: напо́льный унита́з (napólʹnyj unitáz) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Russian: туре́цкий унита́з (turéckij unitáz) — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Serbo-Croatian: čučavac — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Spanish: taza turca — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Spanish: wáter de apucuyarse — toilet which is used while squatting
  • Turkish: alaturka tuvalet — toilet which is used while squatting