tualeto

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian туале́т (tualét), Polish toaleta and French toilette.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [tuaˈleto]
Rhymes: -eto
Hyphenation: tu‧a‧le‧to

Noun[edit]

tualeto (accusative singular tualeton, plural tualetoj, accusative plural tualetojn)

personal grooming; washing, dressing etc., one's toilet^[1]
one's manner of dress, the clothing and accessories with which one appears in public
- (Can we date this quote?), L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), “Pupludisto”, in Fabeloj‎^[1], translation of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen:
  La primadono volis ludi nur en ruĝa tualeto, ĉar tia estas al ŝi plej bone alaspekta, — ŝi absolute ne volis aperi en blua vesto.
  The prima donna wanted to act only in a red toilet, because this looked best to her, — she absolutely did not want to appear in a blue garment.

See also[edit]

klozeto

References[edit]

^ Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987, →ISBN, page 1143: “Tuto de la aranĝoj k agoj, per kiuj oni zorgas pri la purigado k beligado de la haǔto, la kombado de la haroj ktp”

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