water closet

== English == === Alternative forms === WC (initialism) water-closet, watercloset === Pronunciation === === Noun === water closet (plural water closets) (chiefly Europe) A room containing a flush toilet. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom (UK) A flush toilet itself. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:toilet Coordinate term: earth closet Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water,‎ closet. ==== Derived terms ==== (as a lavatory): closet WC ==== Descendants ==== → French: water-closet ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === flush toilet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Spanish == === Alternative forms === wáter-closet === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English water closet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌw̝ateɾ ˈkloset/ [ˌw̝a.t̪eɾ ˈklo.set̪] Syllabification: wa‧ter clo‧set === Noun === water closet m (plural water closets) water closet Synonyms: water, wáter, váter ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “water closet”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA