# urinal

> English word · Noun · IPA /jʊəˈraɪnəl/ · frequency rank #38,222

## Definitions
1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly
2. A device or fixture used for urination
3. A device or fixture used for urination
4. A device or fixture used for urination
5. A device or fixture used for urination
6. Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
7. A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

## Etymology
From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.

## Easily confused with
- **urine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urinal-vs-urine)
- **urinary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urinal-vs-urinary)
- **urinate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urinal-vs-urinate)
- **Ural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ural-vs-urinal)
- **Uriel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uriel-vs-urinal)
- **Uriah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uriah-vs-urinal)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ruinal`, `uirnal`, `urianl`, `urinall`, `urinla`, `urinnal`, `urnial`, `urrinal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/urinal