nettoyant pour cuvette de toilettes
The English phrase "toilet bowl cleaner" is nettoyant pour cuvette de toilettes in French.
This phrase refers to a chemical product used to clean the inside of a toilet bowl. In many French supermarkets, you will frequently see the term gel WC on packaging, because most of these products are gel-based.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of nettoyant (cleaner), pour (for), cuvette (bowl) and de toilettes (of toilets).
Which one should you use?
While nettoyant pour cuvette de toilettes is the standard descriptive phrase, you may also encounter Désinfectant pour cuvette des toilettes, which specifically refers to a toilet bowl disinfectant.
How does it change in a sentence?
To refer to cleaners intended for multiple bowls, the noun cuvette becomes plural: nettoyant pour cuvettes de toilettes.
Did you know?
- The abbreviation WC used in products like gel WC is borrowed from the English 'Water Closet', despite that term being obsolete in modern English.
- The word toilette in French can refer to the act of grooming or dressing, which is why some cleaners are labeled nettoyant pour WC to avoid ambiguity.
- Many cleaners are labeled as détartrant because the removal of limescale is a specific and common household necessity in many French regions.
Examples in context
- Assurez-vous d'utiliser un désinfectant pour cuvette des toilettes.Make sure to use a toilet bowl disinfectant.
- Où est le nettoyant pour cuvette de toilettes ?Where is the toilet bowl cleaner?
- J'ai acheté un nouveau nettoyant pour cuvette de toilettes.I bought a new toilet bowl cleaner.
- Ce nettoyant pour cuvette de toilettes est très efficace.This toilet bowl cleaner is very effective.
Example conversation
Hugo and Manon are cleaning the house together.
- HugoManon, as-tu vu le nettoyant pour cuvette de toilettes ?Manon, have you seen the toilet bowl cleaner?
- ManonOui, il est sous l'évier.Yes, it is under the sink.
- HugoMerci, je vais nettoyer les toilettes maintenant.Thanks, I'm going to clean the toilets now.
- ManonD'accord, Hugo, merci beaucoup.Okay, Hugo, thank you very much.
