latrine
Syllables: la·trine/ləˈtɹiːn/
latrine noun: an open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.
Noun
latrine (plural latrines)
- An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.
- Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.
- Synonyms:
- toilet
- A chamber pot.
latrine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
latrine in Hindi
- latrine
- लैट्रिन laiṭrin
latrine in Tamil
- கழிவறை, கழிப்பிடம், மலகூடம்
latrine in Urdu
- بیت الخلا, جا ضرور, پاخانہ
latrine in Bengali
- a latrine, toilet, lavatory, water closet, outhouse
- পায়খানা paẏkhana
More languagesFewer languages
- latrine in Malayalam
- കക്കൂസ് kakkūsŭ
- latrine in Kannada
- ತಳ್ಳುವೆಡೆ, ಕಳೆವೆಡೆ
- latrine in Gujarati
- સંડાસ saṇḍās, જાજરૂ jājrū
- latrine in Thai
- ส้วม sûuam
Examples of latrine in a sentence
- Every eye watched Baba Segi as he barged through the door of the unroofed pit latrine.
- The wooden latrine had a red metal roof–the Philmont lingo for which is a “red roof inn”.
- We both arrive at the latrine at the same time to take a constitutional.
Synonyms of latrine
Forms of latrine
| plural | latrines |
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Origin of latrine
From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin lātrīna.
Words formed from latrine
Words that rhyme with latrine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
- lien
Questions about latrine
- What does latrine mean?
- Latrine means an open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.
- What is latrine in Hindi?
- Latrine in Hindi is लैट्रिन (laiṭrin). See Latrine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is latrine?
- Latrine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce latrine?
- Latrine is pronounced /ləˈtɹiːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of latrine?
- The plural of latrine is latrines.
Words near latrine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: latrine (page history and authors); लैट्रिन (Hindi) (page history and authors); latrine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); latrine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পায়খানা (Bengali) (page history and authors); latrine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); જાજરૂ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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