toaletă
feminine
In Romanian, the English phrase "toilet" is primarily expressed as toaletă. Wiktionary also lists closet and privată.
Meaning: fixture used for urination and defecation (noun)
Ways to say it
| Romanian | Note |
|---|---|
| toaletă | feminine |
| closet | feminine |
| privată | feminine |
The term toaletă refers to the fixture used for urination and defecation. It is used in formal or public contexts, such as in restaurants or malls, to indicate the restroom facilities.
Which one should you use?
While toaletă refers specifically to the fixture or the room for waste, baia is the more polite and common way to refer to the bathroom in a domestic setting. Additionally, baie means bathroom and can be used to refer to the toilet. WC is an informal way to say toilet in Romanian.
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of toaletă is toalete.
Did you know?
- The word closet in Romanian specifically refers to the toilet fixture and not a storage cupboard for clothes.
- The term toaletă shares its history with the French word toilette, which originally referred to a person's dressing table or the act of grooming oneself.
- While toaletă is the standard term for the fixture, the phrase îmi permiteți? (may I?) is often used as a polite way to signal you are heading to the restroom without naming it.
Examples in context
- Am nevoie la toaletă.I have to go to the toilet.This sentence shows how to express the need to use the toaletă.Tatoeba #3626673 by elenacristina260, translation #1421916 by CM
- Nu citi mai departe! Mă duc la toaletă.Don't continue to read! I'm going to the toilet.This sentence is useful for stating that you are going to the toaletă.Tatoeba #13954957 by Ioan_Cristian, translation #13954955 by Ioan_Cristian
- Lui Mary nu-i place când Tom lasă ridicat capacul de la toaletă.Mary doesn't like it when Tom leaves the toilet seat up.This sentence demonstrates the use of toaletă when referring to a toilet seat.Tatoeba #1143118 by ijikure2, translation #1096136 by CK
- Unde este toaleta?Where is the toilet?
- În ce parte este baia?Which way is the toilet?
- Scuzați-mă, unde se află pisuarul?Excuse me, where is the urinal?
- Am nevoie urgent de toaletă!I urgently need a toilet!
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Maria and Stefan are at a restaurant.
- MariaȘtii unde este toaletă?Do you know where the toilet is?
- StefanCred că este în fundul holului.I think it is at the end of the hallway.
- MariaMulțumesc, mănuiel Stefan!Thank you, Stefan!
- StefanCu plăcere, Maria.You're welcome, Maria.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “toilet” translations and entries toaletă, closet, privată, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries closet, toaletă, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
