tualett

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Estonian

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A toilet.

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Toilette (toilet), from French toilette (toilet; lavatory), from both toile (fabric; cloth), from Old French toile (fabric; web), from earlier form teile, from Latin tēla (web), from Proto-Italic *tekslā, and the ending from -ette, feminine form of -et, from Middle French -et, from Old French -et, from Late Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic *-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós (suffix creating verbal adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tualett (genitive tualeti, partitive tualetti)

  1. a toilet (a room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet.)
    palun öelge, kus siin tualett on
    please tell me where the toilet is
  2. (formal) a toilet (a woman's style of dressing: dress, outfit.) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. toilet (personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.)
    hambapesule järgnes hommikune tualett
    tooth brushing was followed by the morning toilet
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Declension

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Declension of tualett (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative tualett tualetid
accusative nom.
gen. tualeti
genitive tualettide
partitive tualetti tualette
tualettisid
illative tualetti
tualetisse
tualettidesse
tualetesse
inessive tualetis tualettides
tualetes
elative tualetist tualettidest
tualetest
allative tualetile tualettidele
tualetele
adessive tualetil tualettidel
tualetel
ablative tualetilt tualettidelt
tualetelt
translative tualetiks tualettideks
tualeteks
terminative tualetini tualettideni
essive tualetina tualettidena
abessive tualetita tualettideta
comitative tualetiga tualettidega

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • tualett”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • tualett in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • tualett”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • tualett”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN