lavatory
suomi-englanti sanakirjalavatory englannista suomeksi
käymälä, veski, WC, kylppäri
lavuaari
klosetti, vessa, pesuhuone
Substantiivi
lavatory englanniksi
A vessel or fixture for washing, ''particularly:''
(a.) ''Lay Folks Mass Book'', Appendix iv, p. 606:
1382, Bible (Bible|Wycliffe), of Exodus|Exod. 30:18:
A bathtub.
A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
A font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the away|washing away of sins.
''Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.''
2005, Michael W. Litchfield, ''Renovation'', page 325:
- Lavatories (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles.
2011, Sharon Koomen Harmon & al., ''The Codes Guidebook for Interiors'', page 288:
- Anywhere a water closet is used, a lavatory (ie, hand-washing sink) must also be installed.
Handwashing, ''particularly''
1513, Robert Fabyan, last will and testament:
- Wt condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to the people, and exorte theym to pray for ye soules following...
The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
1490, Caxton|William Caxton translating Vergilius Maro|Publius Vergilius Maro as ''The Boke yf Eneydos'', Ch. xxviii, p. 110:
2003, Gauvin A. Bailey, ''Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610'', page 61:
- Even the lavatory, a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.
A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (qualifier) or WC (qualifier).
''Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.''
2003, Rob Rachowiecki & al., ''Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands'', page 44:
- People needing to use the lavatory often ask to use the ''baño'' in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply.
A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
1997, Žižek|Slavoj Žižek, ''The Plague of Fantasies'', page 4,
- In a traditional German lavatory, the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French lavatory, on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.
A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
Washing, or cleansing by washing.
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