Italian

Noun

latrina f ‎(plural latrine)

1. lavatory (public)
2. latrine
3. outhouse

Anagrams

• antrali

Latin

Alternative forms

• lātrīnum

Etymology

Contracted from lavātrīna ‎(“place to bathe”), from lavō ‎(“wash, bathe”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laːˈtriː.na/

Noun

lātrīna f ‎(genitive lātrīnae); first declension

1. (originally) bath
2. lavatory, water closet, toilet, privy

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Dutch: latrine
• English: latrine
• French: latrines
• German: Latrine
• Italian: latrina
• Spanish: latrina, letrina

References

• latrina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• LATRINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “latrina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• latrina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• latrina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lātrīna.

Noun

latrina f (plural latrinas)

1. latrine (simple toilet facility)