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.
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| Language | Where's the toilet? |
|---|---|
| Adyghe | Псыунэр тэщыІа? |
| Afrikaans | Waar is die toilet? Waa issie toilet? (slang) |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Ku ãsht nevitôrja? |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Ku është banjoja? |
| Aleut | Qaĝaasakung |
| Altay | Туалет кайда? (Tualet kajda?) |
| Amharic | ሽንት ቤት የት ነው? (šəntə bet yätə näw) - inf መጸዳጃ ክፍል የት ነዉ? (mäs'ädaǧǧa kəfl yätə näw) - frm |
| 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) |
(aasif) اسف |
| Aragonese | An ye o escusau? |
| Aramaic | Ayko beth tadkitho? |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Որտե՞ղ է զուգարանը: (Vortegh e zugarane?) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Պէտքարանը ո՞ւր է: (Bedkaranuh oor e?) |
| Alsatian | Wo isch 's Kabinee? |
| Assamese | শৌচালয় ক'ত আছে? (xhôusalôy kot asse?) টৈলেট ক'ত আছে? (tôilet kot asse?) |
| Asturian | ¿Ú ta'l bañu? |
| Azerbaijani | Ayaq yolu haradadır? Tualet haradadır? |
| Balinese | Ring dija WC? |
| Bashkir | бәҙрәф ҡайҙа? (bäźräf qayźa?) |
| Basque | Non dago komuna? |
| Bavarian | Vo is as glo? Vo is as aboadd? |
| Belarusian | Дзе туалет? (Dzie tualet?) Дзе знаходзіцца туалет? (Dz′e znahodzіcca tuaĺet?) Падкажыце, калі ласка, дзе тут прыбіральня? (Padkažycie, kali łaska, dzie tut prybiralnia?) |
| Bemba | Ukuwakusaukila nikwisa? Icimbusu cilikwisa, mukwai? |
| Bengali | শৌচাগার কোথায়? (Shouchagarṭi kothay?) |
| Bhojpuri | पैखाना केन्ने बा? (paikhana kenne ba?) |
| Bikol | Hain tabì an banyo? |
| Bislama | Toilet i stap wea? |
| Bosnian | Gdje je toalet? Gdje je WC? |
| Breton | Pelec'h emañ ar privezioù? |
| Bulgarian | Къде е тоалетната? (Kãde e toaletnata?) |
| Catalan | On és el lavabo? On és la cambra de bany? |
| Cebuano | Asa ang banyo? Dis-a ang banyo? Diin ang kasilyas? Diin ang CR? |
| Central Dusun | Hinonggo jamban? Hinonggo bilik jamban? Honggo jamban? Hombo jamban? Hombo jamban kokusaian? (Where's the gents?) Hombo jamban koonduan? (Where's the ladies?) |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Donde esta el bano? Donde esta el casillas? |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Donde esta el inodoro? |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Månu na gaige i kemmon? Mångge i kemmon? |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Manu na gaige i kemmon? |
| Chechen | Ара мичахь ю (Ara miçaẋ yu) |
| Cherokee | ᎭᏢ ᏙᏯ ᎤᎾᏨᏍᏗ ᏱᎩ (Hatlv doya unatsvsdi yigi) |
| Chichewa | Chimbudzi chili kuti? |
| 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?) |
| Chuukese | Ifa imwen ngaseno? |
| Chuvash | Ӑҫта аллӑна ҫума пулать? (Ӑşta allӑna şuma pulat'?) |
| Coastal Kadazan | Nomboo o jamban? Nomboo o bilik jamban? Nomboo o jamban kokusazan? (Where's the gents?) Nomboo o jamban koonduan? (Where's the ladies?) |
| Cornish | Ple'ma an bisva? Ple'ma an privedhyow? |
| Corsican | Induve sò e toilettes? |
| Croatian | Gdje je zahod? |
| Cuyonon | Adin ang kasilias? |
| Czech | Kde je prosím záchod? Nevíte prosím (Vás) kde je záchod/jsou toalety? (frm) Nevíš prosím (Tě) kde je záchod/jsou toalety? (inf) |
| Danish | Hvor er toilettet? |
| Dari | (Tašnâb kojâst?) تشناب کجااست؟ |
| Dutch | Waar is de WC? Waar is het toilet? |
| Dzongkha | ཆབ་གསང་ག་ཏེ་ཡོད་ག? (Chhab sang gatey yue ga?) |
| Efik | Wut mi itie ukeñ idem/esa uyere mmọñ? |
| Elfdalian | War ir skalausað? |
| English (British) | Where's the toilet? Where's the loo? Where's the bathroom? Where's the gents? Where's the ladies? Where's the bog? (inf) |
| Old English | Hwær stent se gangern? |
| Estonian | Kus asub tualettruum? Kus on tualett? Kus on wc? |
| Ewe | Fika afɔdzi le? |
| Extremaduran | Óndi está el serviciu? |
| Faroese | Hvar er vesi? |
| Fijian | E vei na vale-lailai? |
| Finnish | Missä on vessa? Missä vessa on? Missä WC on? |
| Flemish (West) | Woar is 't WC? |
| French | Où sont les toilettes ? |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Weer as et hüüschen? |
| Frisian (West) | Wêr is it húske? |
| Friulian | Dulà isal il bagn? |
| Galician | Onde está o baño? Onde está o aseo? |
| Gascon | On se pot lavar las mans ? On son los comuns ? |
| Georgian | ტუალეტი სად არის (t’ualet’i 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?) |
| Greenlandic | Naak W.C-ii? |
| Gujarati | સૌચાલય ક્યાં છે (souchalay kyaan chhe)? |
| Haitian Creole | Kote twalèt la? |
| Hausa | I na makewayi ya ke? |
| Hawaiian | Aia i hea i ka lua? |
| Hebrew | איפה השרותים? (Eifo ha'sheirutim?) |
| Hiligaynon | Diin ang kasilyas? Diin ang banyo? Sa diin ang CR? |
| Hindi | टॉयलेट कहाँ हैं (tāyalet kahāṁ haiṅ?) |
| Hmong (White) | Chav dej nyob qhovtwg? |
| Hungarian | Hol van a mosdó? |
| Iban | Dini endor jamban? Dini endor Agu? |
| Ibinda | Umusarani uri he? |
| Icelandic | Hvar er klósettið? |
| Igbo | Ebee ka ụlọ mposi dị? |
| Iloko | Sadino ti banio? Ayanna ti banio? |
| Indonesian | Di manakah toilet? Di manakah kamar mandi? Di manakah WC? |
| Inuktitut | ᓇᐅᖕ ᐊᓇᕐᕕ (Naung anarvik?) |
| Iñupiaq | Sumi anarvik? Naung anarvik? Naami anaġvik? Itchuqtaaġvik? Nauŋ anaġvik? Nauŋ quiġvik? |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Cá bhfuil an leithreas? |
| Italian | Dov'è la toilette? Dov'è il bagno? |
| Italian (Roman dialect) | 'Ndo sta er cacatóre? |
| Jamaican | Weh ah de bawtroom? |
| 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?) |
| Javanese | ꦥꦠꦸꦫꦱ꧀ꦱꦤꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦥꦸꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ? (Paturasanipun wọnten pundi?) (Kromo Inggil) ꦥꦠꦸꦫꦱ꧀ꦱꦤꦺꦲꦤꦲꦶꦁꦔꦼꦤ꧀ꦢ? (Paturasané ạnạ ngendi?) (Ngoko) |
| Jenesch | Zeekun ez tuy tuulet? |
| Jèrriais | Où'est qu'est la p'tite maîson ès hoummes? (m) Où'est qu'est la p'tite maîson ès fenmes? (f) Où'est qu'est la p'tite maîson? Où'est qu'est la tchiêrêsse? Où'est qu'est la chiotte? |
| Jutish (West) | Hvor er æ toilett? |
| Jutish (North) | Hwo er æ toilett? |
| Kalmyk | Һарч ирдг хора альд? (Harč irdg xora al’d?) |
| Kannada | ಶೌಚಾಲಯ ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ? (śaucālaya ellide?) ಟಾಯ್ಲೆಟ್ ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ? (ṭāyleṭ ellide?) |
| Kaqchikel | ¿Akuchi' ninwil wi ruxikin jay richin chukb'äl? |
| Kashmiri | टायलेट कति छि? (ṭaaylet kati ch'u!) |
| Kazakh | Дәретхана қай жерде? (Däretxana qay jerde?) Әжетхана қай жерде? (Äjetxana qay jerde?) |
| Khmer | បង្គន់នៅឯណា? (bâng-kôn nŏuv aina?) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | ǂKhari-omsa maba hâ? |
| Kinyarwanda | Aho kwituma ni he? |
| Kiribati | Anga am roki? |
| Korean | 화장실이 어디예요? (hwajangsiri eodiyeyo) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Tualet li ku ye? Tualet lè kuy e? Banyo lè kuy e? Tualet lè kî deré ye? (frm) Hemam lè kiwe ye? Hemam lè kî deré e (frm) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Awdestxaneke li kwê ye? |
| Kyrgyz | Даараткана кайда? (Daaratkana kayda?) |
| Ladino | (Ande esta el banyo?) אנדי איסטא איל באנייו? |
| Lakota Sioux | Otȟáŋkaye kiŋ tuktél úŋ he? |
| Lao | ຫ້ອງ້ຳຢູ່ໃສ (hàwng nâm yuu sǎi?) |
| Latin | Ubi sunt latrinae? Ubi sunt loca secreta? Ubi est conclave necessarium? Ubi est balneum? |
| Latvian | Kur ir tualete? |
| Lingala | Wapi cabinet? Cabinet ezali wapi? |
| Limburgish | Woe is 't prevāthoes? Woe is 't twalèt |
| Lithuanian | Kur yra tualetas? |
| Low Saxon | Wonääm is dat Paddemang? |
| Luxembourgish | Wou ass d'Toilette? |
| Macedonian | Каде е тоалетот? (Kade e toaletot?) |
| Magahi | पैखनवा कन्ने हो? /pækʰənwaː kənːeː hoː/ |
| Maithili | Shanka grih ker jankari del jao Katta ye aanhak bathroom |
| Malagasy | Aiza ny toilety? Aiza yn kabone? (mainly in the countryside) |
| Malay | Di mana tandas? |
| Malayalam | കക്കൂസ് എവിടെയാണ്? (kakkoos evideyānu?) |
| Maldivian | (Koba faahana?) ކޮބަ ފާހަނަ؟ |
| Maltese | Fejn hu t-tojlit? Fejn hi l-kamra tal-banju? |
| Manx (Gaelic) | C'raad ta'n thie-veg? C'raad ta'n premmee-deiney? (Gents) C'raad ta'n premmee-mraane? (Ladies) C'raad ta'n shamyr-oonlee? |
| Māori | Kei hea te wharepaku? |
| Marathi | शौचालय कुठे आहे? (shauchalaya kuthe ahe?) प्रसाधनगृह कुठे आहे? (prasādhangruh kuthe ahe?) |
| Marshallese | Ewi em jirikrik in? |
| Mazandarani | (Gi mizun keje dare?) گی میزون کجه دره؟ |
| Mongolian | Бие засах газар хаана байдаг вэ (Biye zasakh gazar khaana baidag ve?) |
| Mossi | A WC be yɛ? Twalet be yɛ? |
| Nahuatl | ¿Campa ca in cuitlacalli? ¿Campa ca in axixcalli? ¿Campa ca in alticalli? ¿Campa ca in tlapiazoti? ¿Campa ca in tlapiazohualoyan? |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Ingaphi ithwelethi? |
| Nepali | शौचालय कहाँ छ ? (śaucālaya kahā̃ cha?) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | खिखांमुगः गन दु? (khikhāṅsugaḥ gana du?) |
| Niuean | Ko fe e falevao? |
| Nogai | Аякйол (аьжетуьй) кайда экен? |
| Northern Sámi | Gos hivsset lea? |
| Northern Sotho | Thoilete e kae? |
| Norwegian | Hvor er toalettet? (BM) Kvar er toalettet? (NN) |
| Occitan | Ont son los comuns? |
| Oriya | ସୌଚାଳୟ କେଉଁଠି ଅଛି? (Saucāḷẏa keũnṭhi achi?) |
| Papiamento | Unda e baño ta? Na unda e baño ta? |
| Pashto | (tashnab cherta di?) تشناب چ ېرې دي؟ |
| Persian (Farsi) | دستشويي کجاست؟ (dashtshuee kojast?) |
| Picard | D'ousqu'il est ech tchioér ? |
| Polish | Gdzie jest toaleta? (Where’s the toilet?) Gdzie jest łazienka? (Where’s the bathroom?) |
| Portuguese | Onde está o WC? Onde está a casa de banho? Onde estão as casas de banho? (inf) Onde estão os lavabos? |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Onde é o toalete? Onde fica o toalete? Onde é o sanitário? Onde fica o sanitário? Onde é o lavabo? Onde fica o lavabo? Onde é o lavatório? Onde fica o lavatório? Onde fica o banheiro? (frm) Onde há um banheiro? (inf) Onde há um banheiro por aqui? (inf) Onde eu encontro um banheiro? (inf) Onde eu acho um banheiro? (inf) Onde eu encontro um banheiro por aqui? (inf) Onde eu acho um banheiro por aqui? (inf) |
| Punjabi | ٹوائلٹ کِتھے وا؟ (tolet kiṭai wai?) |
| Quechua | ¿Maypi bañu? ¿Maypi hispana wasi? ¿Maypi aqa wasi? |
| Rapa Nui | Ko 'ite 'ana koe i he te hare komo? |
| Romani | Kaj si toalet? Kaj hi toalet? |
| Romanian | Unde este toaleta? |
| Romansh | Nua è tualetta? |
| Russian | Где находится туалет? (Gde nakhoditsya tualet?) |
| Rusyn | Де є захӱд? (De je zachüd?) |
| Sakha | Туалет ханна баарый? (tualet xanna baarɯj?) |
| Samoan | O fea le fale ta'ele? |
| Samogitian | Kor īr tolets? Kor īr ėšvėitė? |
| Sanskrit | शौचालयः कुत्रास्ति? (śaucālayaḥ kutrāsti) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Inue/ue/unde/umbe est su bagnu? |
| Scottish Gaelic | Càite bheil an taigh beag? |
| Scots | Whaur's the toilet? Whaur's the lavvy? Whaur's the wattrie? |
| Serbian | Где је тоалет? Gde je toalet?) Где је купатило? (Gde je kupatilo?) |
| Sesotho | Ntloana e kae? Batekamore e kae? |
| Shona | Chimbuzi chiripi? |
| Sicilian | Unn’è u bagnu? Agghiri unn’è u bagnu? Unn’è u cabbinettu? Agghiri unn’è u cabbinettu? |
| 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? Ungakuphi umthoyi? |
| Swedish | Var är toaletten? |
| Swiss German | Wo isch d'Toilette? |
| Tagalog | Nasaan ang kasilyas? Nasaan ang banyo? Nasaan ang CR? (comfort room) |
| Tajik | Ҳочатхона кани? (Ḩočatxona kani?) |
| Tamil (formal) | குளியலறை எங்கே உள்ளது? (kuliyalarai engai ullathu?) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | குளியலற எங்க இருக்கு? (kuliyalara enga irukku) [fm] |
| Tatar | Bädräf qayda? |
| Telugu | దొడ్డి గది ఎక్కడ ఉన్నది ? (dhoddi gadhi ekkada unnadhi?) |
| Tetum | Sintina iha ne'ebe? |
| Thai | ห้องน้ำอยู่ไหน (hông náam yòo năi) ห้องน้ำอยู่ที่ไหน? (hông náam yòo têe năi?) |
| Tibetan | གསང་སྤྱོ་ག་པར་ཡོད་རེད། (sang-chö ka-bar yo-re) |
| 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?) |
| Tsonga | Xana xi kumeka kwihi xihambukelo? |
| Tsotsil | Bu oy li tsa'anebale? Bu oy li atinajebale? Bu oy li snail li atinajebale? |
| Tswana | Ntlwana ya boitiketso e kae? |
| Tumbuka | Chimbuzi chili nkhuni? |
| Turkish | Tuvalet nerede? |
| Turkmen | Hajathana nirede? |
| Tuvaluan | Tēfea te fale fōliki? |
| Twi | Ɛhe na agyananbea no wɔ? Agyananbea no wɔ he? |
| Udmurt | Туалетэ кытын улэ? (Tyalete kytyn ule?) |
| Ukrainian | Де туалет? (De tualet?) |
| Urdu | بيت الخلا خانہ کہا ںہے؟ (bayt-ul-khala khana kahan hay?) |
| Uyghur | (Hajäthana qayärdä?) ھاجەتخانا قايەردە؟ |
| Uzbek | Hojathona qay yerda? |
| Venetian | Dove xeƚo el bagno? Indove xeƚo el bagno? |
| Vietnamese | Cầu tiêu ở đâu? |
| Võro | Kon kimmerg om? |
| Welsh | Ble mae'r toiled? Ble mae'r lle chwech? Ble mae'r tŷ bach? |
| Westrobothnian | Vosch jer schijta? |
| Wolof | Ana wanaag wi? |
| Xhosa | Liphi igumbi langasese? |
| Yiddish | וווּ איז דער טואלעט? (Vu iz der tualett?) וווּ איז דער בית הכסא? (Vu iz der beys-hakisey?) וווּ איז דאָס באֶדצימער? (Vu iz dos bodtsimer?) וווּ איז דער וואַשצימער? (Vu iz der vashtsimer?) |
| Yolngu | Ŋala Toilit? |
| Yoruba | Nibo ni ile igbọnsẹ wa? |
| Yucatec Maya | Tu'ux yan u kuuchi T'uuchtaj |
| Zazaki | Tuvalet kotî ya? Tuvalet kanca ya? |
| Zulu | Likuphi ikamelo lokugezela? Likuphi itholethe? |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Kie estas la necesejo? |
| Folkspraak | War is de toilett? War is de WC? War is de badrum? |
| Interlingua | Ubi es le w.c.? Ubi es le lavatorio? |
| Klingon | nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'? |
| Lojban | ma stuzi le vimku'a |
| Volapük | Kiöpo binon-li prifet? |
Many of these translations were collected by Sam Giloi, and some come from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_phrases_in_different_languages
Words for toilet in many languages
https://www.qssupplies.co.uk/world-toilet-rates.html
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Words for Male and Female toilets in many languages
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