latrine
pronunciation
How to pronounce latrine in British English:
UK [ləˈtri:n]
How to pronounce latrine in American English:
US [ləˈtrin]
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- Noun:
- a public toilet in a military area
Word Origin
- latrine
- latrine: see lavatory
- latrine (n.)
- c. 1300, probably from Latin latrina, contraction of lavatrina "washbasin, washroom," from lavatus, past participle of lavare "to wash" (see lave) + -trina, suffix denoting "workplace." Its reappearance in 1640s is probably a re-borrowing from French; especially of a privy of a camp, barracks, college, hospital, etc. Latrine rumor "baseless gossip" (of the kind that spreads in conversations in latrines) is military slang, first recorded 1918.
Example
- 1. Need for special orientation ( direction ) of latrine .
- 2. All right . These are your schedules with latrine times .
- 3. An indian latrine cleaner may get to vote , she says , but a chinese one is far less likely to be viewed as completely subhuman .
- 4. Didn 't have enough latrine .
- 5. Don 't say " sir " like I just asked you if you cleaned the latrine .