Phrase guide

use the toilet

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

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To urinate, defecate, or both in a toilet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

Examples

  • She'll be right back. She had to use the toilet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To urinate, defecate, or both in other places.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, uncommon

Examples

  • We had to use the toilet in the woods when we went camping, so we carried bog rolls and small shovels everywhere we went.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ayaqyoluna getmək — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Azerbaijani: tualetə getmək — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Azerbaijani: su başına getmək — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 去廁所 /去厕所 (heoi3 ci3 so2) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 去洗手間 /去洗手间 (heoi3 sai2 sau2 gaan1) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 如廁 /如厕 (jyu4 ci3) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese: 去便所 (khì piān-só͘) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese: 走動 /走动 (cháu-tāng) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上廁所 /上厕所 (shàng cèsuǒ) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 去洗手間 /去洗手间 (qù xǐshǒujiān) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 如廁 /如厕 (rúcè) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Finnish: mennä vessaan — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • French: aller aux toilettes — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • German: die Toilette benutzen — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • German: auf die Toilette gehen — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • German: austreten — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποπατέω (apopatéō) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Hungarian: vécére/mosdóba megy — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Hungarian: kimegy a vécére/mosdóba — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Hungarian: vécézik — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Polish: korzystać z toalety — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Polish: skorzystać z toalety — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Russian: ходить в туалет (xoditʹ v tualet) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Russian: сходить в туалет (sxoditʹ v tualet) — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Spanish: ir al baño — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Sundanese: ka cai — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Swahili: -jisaidia — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Swahili: enda haja — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Swedish: gå på toaletten — to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • Swedish: gå på toa — to use facilities to urinate or defecate