English
Etymology
From chamber + pot, from its usual use in one's chamber (i.e., bedroom).
Pronunciation
Noun
chamber pot (plural chamber pots)
- A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chamber pot
Translations
- Arabic: قَعَادَة f (qaʕāda)
- Armenian: գիշերանոթ (gišeranotʻ), միզանոթ (mizanotʻ)
- Azerbaijani: gecə qorşoku, güvəc
- Basque: pixontzi
- Belarusian: начны́ гаршчо́к m (načný harščók), гаршчо́к (be) m (harščók)
- Breton: pod-kambr (br) m
- Bulgarian: но́щно гърне́ n (nóštno gǎrné), гърне́ (bg) n (gǎrné)
- Catalan: gibrelleta (ca) f, orinal m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 尿盆 (zh) (niàopén), 尿壺 / 尿壶 (zh) (niàohú), 夜壺 / 夜壶 (zh) (yèhú), 馬桶 / 马桶 (zh) (mǎtǒng), 便壺 / 便壶 (zh) (biànhú)
- Czech: nočník (cs) m
- Dutch: po (nl) m, pispot (nl) m
- Esperanto: noktovazo
- Finnish: yöastia (fi), potta (fi)
- French: pot de chambre (fr) m
- Galician: penico m, bacieiro m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Nachttopf (de) m, Nachtgeschirr n
- Greek: καθίκι (el) n (kathíki)
- Ancient: ἀμίς f (amís), ἐνουρήθρα f (enourḗthra), οὐράνη f (ouránē), οὐρητρίς f (ourētrís), σκωραμίς f (skōramís), χερνίβιον n (kherníbion)
- Hebrew: סִיר לַיְלָה (he) m (sir layla)
- Hungarian: éjjeliedény (hu), bili (hu)
- Icelandic: koppur (is), næturgagn, náttpottur
- Indonesian: pispot (id)
- Ingrian: sittapata, kusipata
- Irish: áras fuail m
- Italian: orinale (it) m, vaso da notte m, pitale (it)
- Japanese: 便器 (ja) (べんき, benki), おまる (ja) (omaru)
- Korean: 요강 (ko) (yogang), 변기 (ko) (byeon'gi)
- Kyrgyz: горшок (gorşok)
- Latin: matella f, matellio m
- Macedonian: но́кшир m (nókšir)
- Maori: pō mimi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nattpotte m or f
- Nynorsk: nattpotte f
- Old English: gang m
- Ottoman Turkish: چوقال (çukal)
- Persian: شاشدان (šâšdân), پیسیار (pisyâr)
- Polish: nocnik (pl) m
- Portuguese: penico (pt) m
- Romanian: oală de noapte f
- Russian: ночно́й горшо́к (ru) m (nočnój goršók), горшо́к (ru) m (goršók)
- Scottish Gaelic: amar-mùin
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: нокшир m
- Roman: nokšir (sh) m
- Sicilian: rinali (scn) m, urinali m
- Slovak: nočník m
- Spanish: bacinilla (es) f, pelela (es) f, orinal (es) m, bacín (es) m, beque (es) m, borcelana f, sillico m, dompedro m, bacinica (es) f, bacineta (es) f, baciniya f (El Salvador), zambullo (es) m (large), perico (es) m (with lid), bacenilla f (Latin America), vaso de cama m (Venezuela), vaso de noche m (Andes), nica (es) f (Latin America)
- Swedish: potta (sv)
- Thai: กระโถน (th) (grà-tǒon)
- Turkish: oturak (tr)
- Turkmen: gorşok
- Ukrainian: нічни́й го́рщик m (ničnýj hórščyk), го́рщик (uk) m (hórščyk)
- Uzbek: tuvak (uz)
- Volapük: neitaskal
- Welsh: troethlestr m
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