# WC
## English
### Alternative forms

* w.c.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdʌbəlju ˈsiː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

WC (plural WCs)
* (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:toilet, Thesaurus:bathroom
** 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
* (proofreading) Initialism of word choice.
* (sports) Abbreviation of world championship.
    Coordinate terms: WDC, WEC, WRC
* (sports) Abbreviation of world cup.
    Coordinate terms: HWC, WCH, WHC
* (in personal ads) Initialism of white couple.
    Hyponym: MWC

#### Descendants

(water closet):
* → Czech: WC
* → Dutch: wc
* → Estonian: veetsee, vets
* → Finnish: WC, vessa
* → French: WC
* → Greek: βεσέ (vesé)
* → German: WC
* → Hungarian: WC
* → Polish: WC, wuce
* → Portuguese: WC
* → Romanian: WC, veceu
* → Serbo-Croatian: WC, vece

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* C&W, CW, c/w

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vɛː t͡sɛː]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

WC n (indeclinable)
* WC
    Synonym: záchod

### Further reading

* “WC”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈveːtseː/

### Noun

WC (genitive WC, partitive WC-d)
* toilet, lavatory, WC

#### Derived terms

* vets

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English WC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋeːseː/, [ˈʋe̞ːs̠e̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eːseː

### Noun

WC
* WC (water closet)

#### Declension

Inflection of WC (Kotus type filee)
singular
plural
nominative
WC
WC:t
genitive
WC:n
WC:iden WC:itten
partitive
WC:tä
WC:itä
accusative
WC WC:n
WC:t
inessive
WC:ssä
WC:issä
elative
WC:stä
WC:istä
illative
WC:hen WC:seen
WC:ihin WC:isiin
adessive
WC:llä
WC:illä
ablative
WC:ltä
WC:iltä
allative
WC:lle
WC:ille
essive
WC:nä
WC:inä
translative
WC:ksi
WC:iksi
abessive
WC:ttä
WC:ittä
instructive
WC:in
comitative
WC:ineen :

#### Synonyms

* käymälä
* toiletti
* (men's) miestenhuone
* (women's) naistenhuone
* (dated) klosetti
* (colloquial) vessa
* (colloquial) veski
* (colloquial) hyyskä

#### Derived terms

* puucee
* puusee
* invalidi-WC
* inva-WC
* wc-allas
* WC-harja
* wc-paperi
* yleisö-WC

### Further reading

* “WC”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve.se/
* (Belgium) also IPA: /we.se/

### Noun

WC m pl (plural only)
* (plural only) WC (toilets)

#### Related terms

* water
* water-closet
* waters

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English WC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve(ː)ˈtseː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

WC n (strong, genitive WCs, plural WCs)
* WC (water closet)
    Synonyms: Toilette, Klo, Wasserklosett

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “WC” in Duden online
* “WC” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English WC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈveːt͡seː]
* Rhymes: -t͡seː

### Noun

WC (plural WC-k)
* water closet, toilet

#### Synonyms

* slozi
* klozet

#### Derived terms

* vécé
* WC-papír

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from English WC, an initialism for water closet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²veːsə/, /vəˈseː/

### Noun

WC m or n (definite singular WCen or WCet, indefinite plural WCar or WC, definite plural WCane or WCa)
* WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
    Synonyms: toalett, klosett

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* w.c., wc

### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English WC.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vuˈt͡sɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Syllabification: W‧C
* Homophones: w.c., wc, wuce

### Noun

WC n (indeclinable)
* lavatory, loo, toilet, water closet, WC
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ubikacja

### Further reading

* WC in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* WC in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English WC.

### Noun

WC m (plural WCs)
* WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)
    Synonym: banheiro