cabinet de toilette

\ka.bi.nɛ də twa.lɛt\

/\ka.bi.nɛ də twa.lɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“cabinet de toilette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite pièce où l’on fait sa toilette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cabinet-de-toilette · cabinet de toilette · French

cabinet de toilette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for cabinet de toilette
PropertyValue
Headwordcabinet de toilette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.bi.nɛ də twa.lɛt\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cabinet de toilette » en français

cabinet de toiletten'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cabinet de toilette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bi.nɛ də twa.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite pièce où l’on fait sa toilette.".

cabinet de toilette has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cabinet de toilette, spelled C-A-B-I-N-E-T- -D-E- -T-O-I-L-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite pièce où l’on fait sa toilette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cabinet de toilette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Au premier étage, l’architecte a ménagé deux grandes chambres accompagnées chacune d’un cabinet de toilette, auxquelles la véranda sert de salon ; […] .
  2. Les wagons de première classe sont pourvus de cabinets de toilette, ménagés à l’arrière, […].

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabinet de toilette"?
"cabinet de toilette" is spelled C-A-B-I-N-E-T- -D-E- -T-O-I-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.bi.nɛ də twa.lɛt\.
What does "cabinet de toilette" mean?
As a noun, "cabinet de toilette" means: Petite pièce où l’on fait sa toilette.
How do you pronounce "cabinet de toilette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabinet de toilette" is \ka.bi.nɛ də twa.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabinet de toilette" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list