Where's the toilet? in many languages

This page shows you how to ask the whereabouts of the toilet / bathroom in many different languages. It also shows some of the emphasisms and alternative names for the toilet.

Language	Where's the toilet?
Afrikaans	Wār is die toilet? Wā issie toilet? (slang)
Albanian	Ku është banjoja?
Amharic	መጸዳጃ ክፍል የት ነዉ? *metsedaja kifil yet new?)
Arabic (Egyptian)	(el-ḥammām fain?) الحمام فين؟
Arabic (Lebanese)	Wayn el 7emmem?
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?)
Armenian (Western)	Պէտքարանը ո՞ւր է: (Bedkaranuh oor e?)
Albanian	Ku është banjoja?
Alsatian	Wo isch 's Kabinee?
Asturian	Ül bañu?
Azeri	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 hái bīndouh a?) 洗手間喺邊度呀？ (sáisáugāan hái bīndouh a?)
Chinese (Hakka)	廁所係奈嘢？ (tse⁵so³ hoi⁵ nai⁵e?)
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？ (dahsoeke lalaq rahlitaq?)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	便所佇佗位？ (piān-so tī tó-ūi?)
Cornish	Ple'ma an bysva?
Corsican	Induve sò e toilettes?
Croatian	Gdje je zahod?
Czech	Kde je prosím záchod?
Danish	Hvor er toilettet?
Dutch	Waar is de WC? Waar is het toilet?
Elfdalian	Hvar ir skalhúsað?
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?
Esperanto	Kie estas la necesejo? Kie estas 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? Missä vessa on? Missä WC on?
French	Où sont les toilettes ?
Frisian (North)	Weer as et hüüschen?
Frisian (West)	Wêr is it húske?
Friulian	Indulà esal il bagn?
Galician	Onde está o baño? Onde está o aseo?
Georgian	ტუალეტი სად არის (tualeti(sapirpharesho) sad aris)
German	Wo ist die Toilette?
Greek (Modern)	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?
Hawaiian	Aia i hea ka lua?
Hebrew	(Eifo ha'sheirutim?) איפה השרותים?
Hindi	टॉयलेट कहाँ हैं (tāyalet kahāṁ haiṅ?)
Hungarian	Hol van a mosdó?
Icelandic	Hvar er klósettið?
Iloko	Ayanna ti banio?
Indonesian	Di manakah kamar kecil?
Inuktitut	ᓇᐅᖕ ᐊᓇᕐᕕ (Naung anarvik?)
Iñupiaq	Sumi/Naung anarvik? Nāmi anaġvik? Itchuqtāġvik?
Irish (Gaelic)	Cá bfhuil an leithreas?
Italian	Dov'è la toilette? Dov'è il bagno?
Italian (Roman dialect)	'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 maÃ®son / la tchiÃªrÃªsse / 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?) 手洗いはどこですか (tearai wa doko desu ka?)
Jutish (West)	Hvor er æ toilett?
Jutish (North)	Hwo er æ toilett?
Kannada	ಶೌಚಾಲಯ ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ? (śaucālaya ellide?) ಟಾಯ್ಲೆಟ್ ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ? (ṭāyleṭ ellide?)
Kazakh	Дәретхана қай жерде? (Däretxana qay jerde?) Әжетхана қай жерде? (Äjetxana qay jerde?)
Khmer	បង្គន់នៅឯណា? (bawng-kohn neuv ai naa?)
Kinyarwanda	Aho kwituma ni he?
Korean	화장실이 어디예요? (hwajangsiri eodiyeyo)
Klingon	nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?
Kurdish (Sorani)	Awdes le kwêye?
Lakota Sioux	Otȟáŋkaye kiŋ tuktél úŋ he?
Latin	Ubi sunt latrinae? Ubi sunt loca secreta? Ubi est conclave necessarium? Ubi est balneum?
Latvian	Kur ir tualete?
Limburgish	Woe is 't prevāthoes / '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	കക്കൂസ് എവിടെയാണ്? (kakkoos evideyānu?)
Maldivian	Faahanaa kobaitha?
Maltese	Fejn hu t-tojlit?
Manx (Gaelic)	C'rād ta'n thie-veg / premmee-deiney/mrāne / 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? (BM) Kvar er toalettet? (NN)
Occitan	Ont son los comuns?
Oriya	Sauchalya keunthi achi?
Papiamento	Unda e baño ta?
Pashto	(tashnab cherta di?) تشناب چ ېرې دي؟
Persian (Farsi)	(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)?
Punjabi	ٹوائلٹ کِتھے وا؟ (tolet kiṭai wai?)
Quechua	¿Maypi bañu? ¿Maypi hispana wasi? ¿Maypi aqa wasi?
Romanian	Unde este toaleta?
Romansh	Nua è tualetta?
Russian	Где находится туалет? (Gde naхoditsa tualet?)
Samoan	O fea le fale ta'ele?
Sardinian (Logudorese)	Ainue est su bagnu?
Scottish Gaelic	Càite a bheil an taigh beag?
Scots	Whaur's the toilet / lavvy / cludgie?
Serbian	Где је тоалет Gde je toalet) Где је купатило (Gde je kupatilo) Где је заход? (Gde je zahod?)
Sesotho	Ntloana e kae? Batekamore e kae?
Shona	Chimbuzi chiripi?
Sicilian	Li bagni unni sunnu?
Sinhala	වැසිකිළිය කොහෙද ථියෙන්නෙ (wasikiliya koheda thiyenne?)
Slovak	Kde je záchod? Kde je WC?
Slovenian	Kje imate stranišče?
Somali	Musqusha aawey?
Spanish	¿Dónde están los aseos ¿Dónde están los sanitarios? ¿Dónde está el baño? ¿Dónde está el cuarto de baño?
Sundanese	Dupi jamban palih mana?
Swahili	Choo kiko wapi?
Swazi	Iphi indlu lencane?
Swedish	Var är toaletten?
Swiss German	Wo isch d'Toilette?
Tagalog	Nasān ang kasilyas / banyo / CR? (comfort room)
Tamil	குளியலறை எங்கே உள்ளது? (kuliyalarai engai ullathu?)
Tatar	Bädräf qayda?
Telugu	దొడ్డి గది ఎక్కడ ఉన్నది ? (dhoddi gadhi ekkada unnadhi?)
Tetum	Sintina iha ne'ebe?
Thai	ห้องน้ำอยู่ที่ไหน? (hôrng náhm yòo têe nǎi?)
Tibetan	གཙང་སྤྱོད་ག་བ་ཡོད་པ་རེད།
Tigrinya	ኣበይ ኣሎ ሽንቲ ቤት? (Abey Alo Shnti Bet?)
Tok Pisin	Smolhaus i stap we?
Tongan	Ko fē 'a e falemālōlō?
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?
Venetian	Dove xeƚo el bagno? Indove xeƚo el bagno?
Vietnamese	Cầu tiêu ở đâu?
Volapük	Kiöpo binom tvalet?
Võro	Kon kimmerg om?
Welsh	Ble mae'r toiled / lle chwech (place six) / tŷ bach (small house)?
Wolof	Ana wanaag wi?
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?
Yucatec Maya	Tu'ux yan u kuuchi T'uuchtaj
Zazaki	Tuvalet koti o?
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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