Where's the toilet? in many languages

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 (Modern Standard)	(ain al-ḥammaam?) أين الحمّام؟
Arabic (Egyptian)	(fayn il tawaleet?) فين التواليت؟
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?
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?)
Breton	Pelec'h emañ ar privezioù?
Bulgarian	Къде е тоалетната? (Kade e toaletnata?)
Catalan	On és la cambra de bany?
Chamorro	Manu na gaige 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?
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?
Gaelic (Irish)	Cá bfhuil an leithreas?
Gaelic (Manx)	C'raad ta'n thie-veg / premmee-deiney/mraane / shamyr-oonlee?
Gaelic (Scottish)	Càite bheil an taigh beag?
Galician	¿Onde está o baño?
Georgian	ტუალეტი სად არის (tualeti sad aris)
German	Wo ist die Toilette?
German (Swiss)	Wo isch d'Tualettä?
Greek	Ποῦ εἶναι οἱ τουαλέτες (Poú íne i toualétes?)
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?
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 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)
Jutish (West)	Hvor er æ toilett?
Jutish (North)	Hwo er æ toilett?
Kazakh	Әжетхана қайда? (Äjetxana qayda?) Дәретхана қайда (Däretxana qayda?)
Khmer	តើបន្ទប់ទឹកនៅទីណា? (ter bantub tek nov ti na?)
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?
Latvian	Kur ir tualete?
Limburgish	Woe is 't prevaathoes / 't twalèt?
Lithuanian	Kur yra tualetas?
Luxembourgish	Wou as 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?
Marshallese	Ewi em jirikrik in?
Mongolian	Бие засах газар хаана байдаг вэ (Biye zasakh gazar khaana baidag ve?)
Ndebele	Iphi indlwana yokuzithuma?
Norwegian	Hvor er toalettet? (Bokmål) Kvar er toalettet? (Nynorsk)
Occitan	Ont son los comuns?
Persian	(tualet kojast?) توالت کجااست؟
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?)
Scots	Whaur's the toilet / lavvy / cludgie?
Serbian	Где је тоалет / купатило / заход? (Gde je toalet / kupatilo / zahod?)
Sesotho	Batekamore e kae?
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?
Stellingwarfs	Waor is't huusien?
Swahili	Choo kiko wapi?
Swati	Iphi indlu lencane?
Swedish	Var är toaletten?
Tagalog	Nasaan ang kasilyas / banyo / CR? (comfort room)
Tamil	குளியலறை எங்கே உள்ளது?
Thai	ห้องน้ำอยู่ที่ไหน? (hôrng náhm yòo têe nǎi?)
Tok Pisin	Smolhaus i stap we?
Tsez	Нā хIажатхан ричIих (Nā ħažatxan ričʼix?)
Tswana	Ntlwana ya boitiketso e kae?
Turkish	Tuvalet nerede?
Ukrainian	Де туалет? (De tualyet?)
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?
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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