# toilet room

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A room in which to perform one's toilet, including dressing and grooming, particularly before execution.
2. A room in which to use a toilet: a lavatory.

## Etymology
Originally from French chambre or cabinet de toilette, used for private grooming areas and then euphemistically for the locations of chamber pots and the plumbing fixtures which took their name from the room. Now generally understood as a direct (even impolitely overly direct) reference to the fixtures.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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