English Dictionary

lavatory

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlæv.ə.tɹi/

名詞

古語 比喩的用法 通常 廃用 古風 婉語 ニューイングランド英語 イギリス英語

A laver: a washbasin. / (archaic) A bathtub. / (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.

日本語の意味

洗面台（洗顔や手洗いなどに用いる洗面用の器具） / 浴槽（古い用法による浴槽） / 聖餐用の洗浄器具（キリスト教において聖餐用の器具を洗うための槽）

She polished the brass fittings of the lavatory until they gleamed.

彼女は洗面器の真鍮製の金具を磨いて、ぴかぴかにした。

意味（1）

A laver: a washbasin.

意味（2）

(archaic) A bathtub.

意味（3）

(Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.

意味（4）

(Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.

意味（5）

(Christianity, usually figuratively) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.

意味（6）

(construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.

Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.

意味（7）

(Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.

意味（8）

(Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.

意味（9）

(obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.

They must be wasshed wyth wyne or wyth some other lauatorye.

意味（10）

(dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.

Even the lavatory, a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.

意味（11）

(euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).

Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.

意味（12）

(UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.

In a traditional German lavatory, the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French lavatory, on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.

意味（13）

(dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.

意味（14）

(obsolete) A place where gold is panned.

意味（15）

(obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.

lavatories （ plural ）