urinal
See also: Urinal
English
A urinal in a public toilet with its cake in place.
Etymology
From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary: related to piss”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo͞o-rīʹnəl, IPA(key): /juːˈɹaɪnəl/
- (US) enPR: yo͝orʹĭn-əl, yûrʹĭn-əl, IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/, /ˈjɝɪnəl/
- (General Australian) enPR: yo͝orʹĭn-əl, IPA(key): /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/
- Rhymes: -aɪnəl
Noun
urinal (plural urinals)
- A device or fixture used for urination, particularly:
- (historical medicine and alchemy) A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
- (obsolete) A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
- (obsolete) A device for urination worn by patients suffering incontinence.
- A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
- (chemistry, obsolete) Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
- (obsolete) A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
Synonyms
- (chamber pot): See Thesaurus:chamber pot
- (fixture): See Thesaurus:toilet
- (room or structure): See Thesaurus:bathroom
Derived terms
Related terms
- urine, urinate, urination
- men's room, gents etc.
Translations
a vessel specially used for urination — See also translations at chamber pot
fixture for standing urination
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latrine — see latrine
outhouse — see outhouse
lavatory — see toilet
References
- "urinal, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1926), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for urinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin ūrīnāle, neuter of ūrīnālis (“pertaining to urine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /urinaːl/, [uɐ̯iˈnæːˀl]
Noun
urinal n (singular definite urinalet, plural indefinite urinaler)
Inflection
Declension of urinal
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | urinal | urinalet | urinaler | urinalerne |
| genitive | urinals | urinalets | urinalers | urinalernes |
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uʀiˈnaːl/
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
urinal (not comparable)
Declension
Declension of urinal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | — | — | — | — | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | urinaler | urinale | urinales | urinale |
| genitive | urinalen | urinaler | urinalen | urinaler | |
| dative | urinalem | urinaler | urinalem | urinalen | |
| accusative | urinalen | urinale | urinales | urinale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der urinale | die urinale | das urinale | die urinalen |
| genitive | des urinalen | der urinalen | des urinalen | der urinalen | |
| dative | dem urinalen | der urinalen | dem urinalen | den urinalen | |
| accusative | den urinalen | die urinale | das urinale | die urinalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein urinaler | eine urinale | ein urinales | (keine) urinalen |
| genitive | eines urinalen | einer urinalen | eines urinalen | (keiner) urinalen | |
| dative | einem urinalen | einer urinalen | einem urinalen | (keinen) urinalen | |
| accusative | einen urinalen | eine urinale | ein urinales | (keine) urinalen | |
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