urinal
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urinal¹
- /jʊəˈraɪnəl/ UK
- /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/ US
- /ˈjɝɪnəl/ US
- /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/ Australia
- /ˈju.rɪ.nəl/ South Asia
Rhymes with -aɪnəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.
noun urinals
- A device or fixture used for urination, particularly This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.
- A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
- A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
- A device for urination worn or used by patients suffering urinary incontinence.
- A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
- Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
- A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
urinal²
- /jʊəˈraɪnəl/ UK
- /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/ US
- /ˈjɝɪnəl/ US
- /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/ Australia
- /ˈju.rɪ.nəl/ South Asia
Rhymes with -aɪnəl
Where it comes from
From Middle French urinal, from Late Latin ūrīnālis, equivalent to urine + -al.
adjective
- Synonym of urinary. If on the other hand it is to be used by a congregation, which as a rule, only occupy their church once, twice or three times a week, then I would suggest where it can be obtained that an improved “water closet” be used, and by this I mean a urinal and fecal basin, which can be kept clean by liberal
