Meanings
nountoilet paper (usually uncountable, plural toilet papers)
plural toilet papers · alternative toilet-paper · alternative toiletpaper
- uncountableusuallyPaper, usually on a roll, used to clean oneself after defecation or urination.
Synonyms: TP, toilet roll, toilet tissue, bathroom tissue, bog paper, bog roll, lavvy paper, loo roll
verbtoilet paper (third-person singular simple present toilet papers, present participle toilet papering, simple past and past participle toilet papered)
present singular third person toilet papers · participle present toilet papering · participle past toilet papered · past toilet papered · alternative toilet-paper · alternative toiletpaper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPaper, usually on a roll, used to clean oneself after defecation or urination.
verbTo cover a house, tree or other structure with strips of toilet paper, typically as a prank or celebratory gesture.
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nouna soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets
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Translations
Afrikaans toiletpapier
- toiletpapierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Arabic وَرَق مِرْحَاض, وَرَق حَمَّام
- وَرَق مِرْحَاض (waraq mirḥāḍ)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- وَرَق حَمَّام (waraq ḥammām)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- وَرَق اِسْتِنْجَاء (waraq istinjāʔ)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Basque komuneko paper
- komuneko paperpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Bengali টয়লেট পেপার
- টয়লেট পেপার (ṭoẏleṭ pepar)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Bulgarian тоале́тна харти́я
- тоале́тна харти́я (toalétna hartíja)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Catalan paper higiènic
- paper higiènicpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Chinese Cantonese 廁紙 /厕纸, 衛生紙 /卫生纸
- 廁紙 /厕纸 (ci³ zi²)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- 衛生紙 /卫生纸 (wai⁶ sang¹ zi²)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- 草紙 /草纸 (cou² zi²)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Chinese Mandarin 衛生紙 /卫生纸, 手紙 /手纸
- 衛生紙 /卫生纸 (wèishēngzhǐ)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- 手紙 /手纸 (shǒuzhǐ)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- 廁紙 /厕纸 (cèzhǐ)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Czech toaletní papír, hajzlpapír
- toaletní papírpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- hajzlpapírpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- toaleťákpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Danish toiletpapir, wc-papir
- toiletpapirpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- wc-papirpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Dutch wc-papier, toiletpapier
- wc-papierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- toiletpapierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- wc-rolpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Esperanto klozeta papero, neceseja papero
- klozeta paperopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- neceseja paperopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- klozetpaperopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Estonian tualettpaber, wc-paber
- tualettpaberpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- wc-paberpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Finnish vessapaperi, wc-paperi
- vessapaperipaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- wc-paperipaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
French papier toilette, papier hygiénique
- papier toilettepaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- papier hygiéniquepaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- papier-culpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- PQpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- torche-culpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- papier de toilettepaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
German Toilettenpapier, Klopapier
- Toilettenpapierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- Klopapierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- Klosettpapierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Greek χαρτί υγείας, κωλόχαρτο
- χαρτί υγείας (chartí ygeías)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- κωλόχαρτο (kolócharto)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Hawaiian hāleu
- hāleupaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Hebrew נְיַר טוֹאָלֵט
- נְיַר טוֹאָלֵט (n'yar tualét)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Hindi टॉयलेट पेपर
- टॉयलेट पेपर (ṭŏyleṭ pepar)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Hungarian toalettpapír, vécépapír
- toalettpapírpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- vécépapírpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Icelandic klósettpappír, salernispappír
- klósettpappírpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- salernispappírpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Indonesian tisu toilet, kertas toilet
- tisu toiletpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- kertas toiletpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Irish páipéar leithris
- páipéar leithrispaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Italian carta igienica, carta da bagno
- carta igienicapaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- carta da bagnopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- carta da gabinettopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Japanese ちり紙, トイレットペーパー
- ちり紙 (chirigami)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- トイレットペーパー (toiretto pēpā)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Korean 화장지, 휴지
- 화장지 (hwajangji)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- 휴지 (hyuji)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- 토일렛 페이퍼 (toillet peipeo)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Latin charta purgatoria, anitergium
- charta purgatoriapaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- anitergiumpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Latvian tualetes papīrs
- tualetes papīrspaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Lithuanian tualetinis popierius
- tualetinis popieriuspaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Malay tisu tandas
- tisu tandaspaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Māori whēru
- whērupaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Norwegian Bokmål dopapir, toalettpapir
- dopapirpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- toalettpapirpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- dorullepaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Polish papier toaletowy, srajtaśma
- papier toaletowypaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- srajtaśmapaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- wc-papierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Portuguese papel higiênico, papel higiénico
- papel higiênicopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- papel higiénicopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Romanian hârtie igienică
- hârtie igienicăpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Russian туале́тная бума́га
- туале́тная бума́га (tualétnaja bumága)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Scottish Gaelic pàipear suathaidh
- pàipear suathaidhpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Slovak toaletný papier, hajzlpapír
- toaletný papierpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- hajzlpapírpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Spanish papel higiénico, confort
- papel higiénicopaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- confortpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Swahili karatasi ya chooni
- karatasi ya choonipaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Swedish toalettpapper, toapapper
- toalettpapperpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- toapapperpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Tagalog pang-iwang
- pang-iwangpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Thai กระดาษชำระ, กระดาษทิชชู
- กระดาษชำระ (grà-dàat-cham-rá)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- กระดาษทิชชู (grà-dàat-tít-chûu)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Turkish tuvalet kâğıdı, tuvalet kağıdı
- tuvalet kâğıdıpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- tuvalet kağıdıpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Ukrainian туале́тний папі́р
- туале́тний папі́р (tualétnyj papír)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Urdu ٹائِلِٹ پیپَر
- ٹائِلِٹ پیپَر (ṭāiliṭ pepar)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Vietnamese giấy vệ sinh, giấy đi cầu
- giấy vệ sinhpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- giấy đi cầupaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Welsh papur tŷ bach
- papur tŷ bachpaper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Yiddish בית־הכּסא פּאַפּיר, אשר־יצר פּאַפּיר
- בית־הכּסא פּאַפּיר (beys-hakise papir)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
- אשר־יצר פּאַפּיר (asher-yotser papir)paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination
Cite this entry
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toilet paper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toilet%20paper
MLA
“toilet paper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toilet%20paper. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toilet paper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toilet%20paper.
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