váter
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English water, shortening for water closet. Compare Catalan vàter and French waters. Doublet of onda, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbateɾ/ [ˈba.t̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -ateɾ
- Syllabification: vá‧ter
Noun
váter m (plural váteres)
Further reading
- “váter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024