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This page shows you how to ask the whereabouts of the toilet in many different languages. It also shows some of the emphasisms and alternative names for the toilet.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Waar is die toilet? / Waa issie toilet? |
| Albanian | Ku është banjoja? |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(el-ḥammām fain?) الحمام فين؟ |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(ayn al-ḥammām?) أين الحمّام؟ |
| Arabic (Kuwaiti) | (wään il-hhammám?) وين
الحمّام؟ where is the place of relaxing? = (wään bäät ir-ráhha?) وين بيت الرّاحة؟ |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (fīn kein lbīt lma?) فين كان البيت الماء؟ |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Որտե՞ղ է զուգարանը: (Vortegh e zugarane?) |
| Albanian | Ku është banjoja? |
| Alsatian | Wo isch 's Kabinee? |
| Asturian | Ül bañu? |
| Azerbaijani | Ayaq yolu haradadır? Tualet haradadır? |
| Basque | Non dago komuna? |
| Belarusian | Дзе туалет? (Dze tualet?) Падкажыце, калі ласка, дзе тут прыбіральня? (Padkazhyce, kali laska, dze tut prybiralnia?) |
| Bengali | টয়লেটটি কোথায়? (ṭôeleṭṭi kothae?) |
| Bhojpuri | सौच किधर ह? (sauch kidhar ha?) |
| Breton | Pelec'h emañ ar privezioù? |
| Bulgarian | Къде е тоалетната? (Kade e toaletnata?) |
| Catalan | On és el lavabo? On és la cambra de bany? |
| Chamorro | Månu na gaige i kemmon? Mångge i kemmon? |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 廁所喺邊度呀？
(chisó hai bīndouh a?) 洗手間喺邊度呀？ (sáisáugāan hai bīndouh a?) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 廁所在哪裡？
[厕所在哪里？] cèsuǒ zài nǎli? 洗手間哪裡？ [洗手间在哪里？] xǐshǒujiān zài nǎli? |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) | 汏手间勒勒何里耷？ (daseucae lélá ghalitá?) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 便所佇叨位? (piān-só ti7 to2-ui7) |
| Cornish | Ple'ma an bysva? |
| Croatian | Gdje je zahod? |
| Czech | Kde je prosím záchod? |
| Dalecarlian | Hvar ir skalhúsað? |
| Danish | Hvor er toilettet? |
| Dutch | Waar is de WC? Waar is het toilet? |
| English | Where's the toilet / lavatory / bathroom / restroom / powder room / gents/ladies? Where's the loo / bog / dunny / little boys'/girls' room? (inf/slang) |
| Old English | Hwǣr is þæt gangsetl? (Hwær is þæt gangsetl?) |
| Esperanto | Kie estas la necesejo / la banejo? |
| Estonian | Kus on tualett? |
| Faroese | Hvar er vesi? |
| Flemish | Waor is 't gemak? |
| Fijian | E vei na vale-lailai? |
| Finnish | Missä on vessa? |
| French | Où sont les toilettes ? |
| Frisian (North) | Weer as et hüüschen? |
| Frisian (North - Amrum dialect) | Huar as at sekreet? |
| Frisian (West) | Wêr is it húske? |
| Friulian | Indulà esal il bagn? |
| Galician | ¿Onde está o baño? |
| Georgian | ტუალეტი სად არის (tualeti(sapirpharesho) sad aris) |
| German | Wo ist die Toilette? |
| German (Swiss) | Wo isch d'Tualettä? |
| Greek | Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (pu íne I tualéta?) Πού είναι το μπάνιο; (pu íne to báño?) |
| Haitian Creole | Kote twalèt la? |
| Hausa | I na makewayi ya ke? |
| Hawai'ian | Aia i hea ka lua? |
| Hebrew | (Eifo ha'sheirutim?) איפה השרותים? |
| Hindi | टॉयलेट कहाँ है (Tāyalet kahan hai?) |
| Hungarian | Hol van a mosdó? |
| Icelandic | Hvar er klósettið? |
| Ilocano | Ayanna ti banio? |
| Indonesian | Di manakah kamar kecil? |
| Inuktitut | ᓇᐅᖕ ᐊᓇᕐᕕ (Naung anarvik?) |
| Iñupiaq | Sumi/Naung anarvik? Naami anaġvik? Itchuqtaaġvik? |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Cá bfhuil an leithreas? |
| Italian | Dov'è la toilette? Dov'è il bagno? |
| Italian (Romanesco) | 'Ndo sta er cacatóre? |
| Jèrriais | Où'est qu'est la p'tite maîson ès hoummes (m) / fenmes (f)? Où'est qu'est la p'tite maîson / la tchiêrêsse / la chiotte |
| Japanese | 便所はどこですか。
(benjo wa doko desu ka) トイレはどこですか。 (toire wa doko desu ka) |
| Jutish (West) | Hvor er æ toilett? |
| Jutish (North) | Hwo er æ toilett? |
| Kazakh | Әжетхана қайда? (Äjetxana qayda?) Дәретхана қайда (Däretxana qayda?) |
| Khmer | បង្វន់ខូនៅឯណា? (bawng-kohn neuv ai naa?) |
| Korean | 화장실이 어디예요? (hwajangsiri eodiyeyo) |
| Klingon | nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'? |
| Kurdish | Awdes le kwêye? |
| Latin | Ubi sunt latrinae?
Ubi sunt loca secreta? Ubi est conclave necessarium? Ubi est balneum? |
| Latvian | Kur ir tualete? |
| Limburgish | Woe is 't prevaathoes / 't twalèt? |
| Lithuanian | Kur yra tualetas? |
| Luxembourgish | Wou ass d'Toilette? |
| Low Saxon | Woneem is de Toilett? |
| Macedonian | Каде е тоалетот?(Kade e toaletot?) |
| Malay | Di mana tandas? |
| Malayalam | കുളിമുറി എവിടെയാണു? (Kulimuri evitey nu?) |
| Maltese | Fejn it-tojlit? |
| Manx (Gaelic) | C'raad ta'n thie-veg / premmee-deiney/mraane / shamyr-oonlee? |
| Māori | Kei hea te wharepaku? |
| Marshallese | Ewi em jirikrik in? |
| Mongolian | Бие засах газар хаана байдаг вэ (Biye zasakh gazar khaana baidag ve?) |
| Nepali | शौचालय कता छ? (sauchalaya kata chha) |
| Ndebele | Iphi indlwana yokuzithuma? |
| Norwegian | Hvor er toalettet? (Bokmål) Kvar er toalettet? (Nynorsk) |
| Occitan | Ont son los comuns? |
| Persian | (dashtshuee kojast?) دستشويي کجاست؟ |
| Plautdietsch | Wua es dee Sse'kjreet? |
| Polish | Gdzie jest toaleta? |
| Portuguese | Onde é a casa de banho (Portugal) / o banheiro? Onde são as casas de banho? (Portugal) Onde fica o banheiro? Onde há um banheiro (por aqui)? Onde eu encontro/acho um banheiro (por aqui)? |
| Quechua | Maipi kaskai tuyuna? |
| Romanian | Unde este toaleta? |
| Russian | Где туалет? (Gde tualet?) |
| Scottish Gaelic | Càite bheil an taigh beag? |
| Scots | Whaur's the toilet / lavvy / cludgie? |
| Serbian | Где је тоалет /
купатило / заход? (Gde je toalet / kupatilo / zahod?) |
| Sesotho | Batekamore e kae? |
| Shona | Chimbuzi chiripi? |
| Slovak | Kde je záchod? |
| Slovenian | Kje imate stranišče? |
| Spanish | ¿Dónde están los aseos ¿Dónde están los sanitarios? ¿Dónde está el baño? ¿Dónde está el cuarto de baño? |
| Swahili | Choo kiko wapi? |
| Swati | Iphi indlu lencane? |
| Swedish | Var är toaletten? |
| Tagalog | Nasaan ang kasilyas / banyo / CR? (comfort room) |
| Tamil | குளியலறை எங்கே உள்ளது? (kuliyalarai engai ullathu?) |
| Telugu | దొడ్డి గది ఎక్కడ ఉన్నది ? (dhoddi gadhi ekkada unnadhi?) |
| Thai | ห้องน้ำอยู่ที่ไหน? (hôrng náhm yòo têe nǎi?) |
| Tok Pisin | Smolhaus i stap we? |
| Tongan | Kataki, ko fe 'a e falamalolo? |
| Tsez | Нā хIажатхан ричIих (Nā ħažatxan ričʼix?) |
| Tswana | Ntlwana ya boitiketso e kae? |
| Turkish | Tuvalet nerede? |
| Ukrainian | Де туалет? (De tualet?) |
| Urdu | (bayt-ul-khala khana kahan hay?) بيت الخلا خانہ کہا ںہے؟ |
| Uzbek | Hojathona qay yerda? |
| Vietnamese | Cầu tiêu ở đâu? |
| Volapük | Kiöpo binom tvalet? |
| Võro | Kon om peldik? |
| Welsh | Ble mae'r toiled / lle chwech (place six) / tŷ bach (small house)? |
| Xhosa | Liphi igumbi langasese? |
| Xitsonga | Xana xi kumeka kwihi xihambukelo? |
| Yiddish | (Vu iz der tualett?)
וווּ איז דער טואלעט? (Vu iz der beys-hakisey?) וווּ איז דער בית הכסא? (Vu iz dos bodtsimer?) וווּ איז דאָס באֶדצימער? |
| Yorùbá | Nibo ni ile igbọnsẹ wa? |
| Zulu | Likuphi ikamelo lokugezela? Likuphi itholethe? |
Many of these translations were collected by Sam Giloi, and some come from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_phrases_in_different_languages
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