Phrase guide

toilet seat

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, often with a hinged cover, of a toilet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the hinged seat on a toilet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: seat

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَقْعَد الْمِرْحَاض (maqʕad al-mirḥāḍ) — seat of a toilet
  • Arabic: كَبِنيه (kabinē) — seat of a toilet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 便座 (biànzuò) — seat of a toilet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬桶座圈 /马桶座圈 (mǎtǒng zuòquān) — seat of a toilet
  • Czech: záchodové prkénko — seat of a toilet
  • Danish: toiletsæde — seat of a toilet
  • Dutch: wc-bril — seat of a toilet
  • Dutch: toiletbril — seat of a toilet
  • Dutch: bril — seat of a toilet
  • Esperanto: truseĝo — seat of a toilet
  • Finnish: wc-istuin — seat of a toilet
  • French: lunette — seat of a toilet
  • German: Klobrille — seat of a toilet
  • German: Toilettenbrille — seat of a toilet
  • German: Toilettensitz — seat of a toilet
  • German: WC-Brille — seat of a toilet
  • German: Áborddeggel — seat of a toilet
  • Hungarian: vécéülőke — seat of a toilet
  • Hungarian: WC-ülőke — seat of a toilet
  • Irish: suíochán leithris — seat of a toilet
  • Italian: asse del water — seat of a toilet
  • Italian: copriwater — seat of a toilet
  • Italian: tavoletta — seat of a toilet
  • Japanese: 便座 (benza) — seat of a toilet
  • Korean: 변좌 (byeonjwa) — seat of a toilet
  • Māori: pae hamuti — seat of a toilet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: toalettsete — seat of a toilet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: toalettsete — seat of a toilet
  • Polish: deska sedesowa — seat of a toilet
  • Polish: klozet — seat of a toilet
  • Polish: sedes — seat of a toilet
  • Portuguese: assento de vaso sanitário — seat of a toilet
  • Portuguese: assento sanitário — seat of a toilet
  • Romanian: scaun de WC — seat of a toilet
  • Russian: сиде́нье унита́за (sidénʹje unitáza) — seat of a toilet
  • Spanish: asiento del sanitario — seat of a toilet
  • Spanish: asiento de la taza — seat of a toilet
  • Spanish: asiento del inodoro — seat of a toilet
  • Swedish: toalettsits — seat of a toilet
  • Swedish: toasits — seat of a toilet
  • Swedish: toalettring — seat of a toilet
  • Swedish: toaring — seat of a toilet
  • Turkish: klozet kapağı — seat of a toilet
  • Welsh: sedd tŷ bach — seat of a toilet