urinal

See also: Urinal

English
A urinal in a public toilet with its cake in place.

Etymology

From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary: related to piss”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo͞o-rīʹnəl, IPA(key): /juːˈɹaɪnəl/
  • (US) enPR: yo͝orʹĭn-əl, yûrʹĭn-əl, IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/, /ˈjɝɪnəl/
  • (General Australian) enPR: yo͝orʹĭn-əl, IPA(key): /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Noun

urinal (plural urinals)

  1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly:
    1. (historical medicine and alchemy) A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
    2. (obsolete) A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
    3. (obsolete) A device for urination worn by patients suffering incontinence.
    4. A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
  3. (obsolete) A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
a vessel specially used for urination — See also translations at chamber pot
latrine — see latrine
outhouse — see outhouse
lavatory — see toilet

References
  • "urinal, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1926), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for urinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin ūrīnāle, neuter of ūrīnālis (“pertaining to urine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /urinaːl/, [uɐ̯iˈnæːˀl]

Noun

urinal n (singular definite urinalet, plural indefinite urinaler)

  1. urinal (appliance for male restrooms)
  2. urinal (small container to collect or measure urine)

Inflection
Declension of urinal
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative urinal urinalet urinaler urinalerne
genitive urinals urinalets urinalers urinalernes

Further reading

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uʀiˈnaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

urinal (not comparable)

  1. urinal, urinary

Declension
Declension of urinal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative — — — —
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative urinaler urinale urinales urinale
genitive urinalen urinaler urinalen urinaler
dative urinalem urinaler urinalem urinalen
accusative urinalen urinale urinales urinale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der urinale die urinale das urinale die urinalen
genitive des urinalen der urinalen des urinalen der urinalen
dative dem urinalen der urinalen dem urinalen den urinalen
accusative den urinalen die urinale das urinale die urinalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein urinaler eine urinale ein urinales (keine) urinalen
genitive eines urinalen einer urinalen eines urinalen (keiner) urinalen
dative einem urinalen einer urinalen einem urinalen (keinen) urinalen
accusative einen urinalen eine urinale ein urinales (keine) urinalen
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