WC

See also: wc, w/c, and w.-c.

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdʌbəlju ˈsiː/

Noun

WC (plural WCs)

  1. (UK) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.
    • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:
      In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
  2. (proofreading) Initialism of word choice.
  3. (sports) Abbreviation of world championship.
    Coordinate terms: WDC, WEC, WRC
  4. (sports) Abbreviation of world cup.
    Coordinate terms: HWC, WCH, WHC

Synonyms

Descendants

(water closet):

  • → Czech: WC
  • → Dutch: wc
  • → Estonian: veetsee, vets
  • → Finnish: WC, vessa
  • → French: WC
  • → German: WC
  • → Hungarian: WC
  • → Polish: WC, wuce
  • → Portuguese: WC
  • → Romanian: WC, veceu
  • → Serbo-Croatian: WC, vece

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vɛː t͡sɛː]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

WC n

  1. WC
    Synonym: záchod

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • WC in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Estonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈveːtseː/

Noun

WC (genitive WC, partitive WC-d)

  1. toilet, lavatory, WC

Declension
Declension of WC (type initialism)
singular plural
nominative WC WC-d
genitive WC WC-de
partitive WC-d WC-sid
illative WC-sse WC-desse
inessive WC-s WC-des
elative WC-st WC-dest
allative WC-le WC-dele
adessive WC-l WC-del
ablative WC-lt WC-delt
translative WC-ks WC-deks
terminative WC-ni WC-deni
essive WC-na WC-dena
abessive WC-ta WC-deta
comitative WC-ga WC-dega
Declension of WC (type initialism)
singular plural
nominative WC WC'd
genitive WC WC'de
partitive WC'd WC'sid
illative WC'sse WC'desse
inessive WC's WC'des
elative WC'st WC'dest
allative WC'le WC'dele
adessive WC'l WC'del
ablative WC'lt WC'delt
translative WC'ks WC'deks
terminative WC'ni WC'deni
essive WC'na WC'dena
abessive WC'ta WC'deta
comitative WC'ga WC'dega

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From English WC.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeːseː/, [ˈʋe̞ːs̠e̞ː]

Noun

WC

  1. WC (water closet)

Declension
Declension of WC (type filee)
singular plural
nominative WC WC:t
genitive WC:n WC:iden
WC:itten
partitive WC:tä WC:itä
accusative WC
WC:n		 WC:t
inessive WC:ssä WC:issä
elative WC:stä WC:istä
illative WC:hen
WC:seen		 WC:ihin
WC:isiin
adessive WC:llä WC:illä
ablative WC:ltä WC:iltä
allative WC:lle WC:ille
essive WC:nä WC:inä
translative WC:ksi WC:iksi
abessive WC:ttä WC:ittä
instructive – WC:in
comitative – WC:ineen

Synonyms

Derived terms
compounds

Further reading
  • “WC”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ve.se/
  • (Belgium) also IPA(key): /we.se/

Noun

WC m pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) WC (toilets)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English WC.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ve(ː)ˈtseː/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

WC n (strong, genitive WCs, plural WCs)

  1. WC (water closet)
    Synonyms: Toilette, Klo, Wasserklosett

Declension
Declension of WC [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das WC die WCs
genitive eines des WCs der WCs
dative einem dem WC den WCs
accusative ein das WC die WCs

Further reading
  • “WC” in Duden online
  • “WC” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From English WC.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈveːt͡seː]
  • Rhymes: -t͡seː

Noun

WC (plural WC-k)

  1. water closet, toilet

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative WC WC-k
accusative WC-t WC-ket
dative WC-nek WC-knek
instrumental WC-vel WC-kkel
causal-final WC-ért WC-kért
translative WC-vé WC-kké
terminative WC-ig WC-kig
essive-formal WC-ként WC-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive WC-ben WC-kben
superessive WC-n WC-ken
adessive WC-nél WC-knél
illative WC-be WC-kbe
sublative WC-re WC-kre
allative WC-hez WC-khez
elative WC-ből WC-kből
delative WC-ről WC-kről
ablative WC-től WC-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 WC-é WC-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 WC-éi WC-kéi
Possessive forms of WC
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. WC-m WC-im
2nd person sing. WC-d WC-id
3rd person sing. WC-je WC-i
1st person plural WC-nk WC-ink
2nd person plural WC-tek WC-itek
3rd person plural WC-jük WC-ik

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English WC, an initialism for water closet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²veːsə/, /vəˈseː/

Noun

WC m or n (definite singular WCen or WCet, indefinite plural WCar or WC, definite plural WCane or WCa)

  1. WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
    Synonyms: toalett, klosett

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English WC.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vuˈt͡sɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut͡sɛ
  • Syllabification: W‧C
  • Homophones: w.c., wc, wuce

Noun

WC n (indeclinable)

  1. lavatory, loo, toilet, water closet, WC
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ubikacja

Further reading
  • WC in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • WC in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English WC.

Noun

WC m (plural WCs)

  1. WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
    Synonym: banheiro
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