washlet

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noun

A bidet shower, bidet seat, or similar bathroom product meant to cleanse the user.

OriginJapanese ウォシュレット →
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Meanings

nounwashlet (plural washlets)

plural washlets

  1. colloquialA bidet shower, bidet seat, or similar bathroom product meant to cleanse the user.

    Toto doesn’t sell its washlets in big-box stores like Home Depot, preferring the showroom experience instead. […] Most washlet owners, then, are converted after trying one out in the world.

    2015 November 18, Steven Kurutz, “The Cult of the Toto Toilet”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2015

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bidet

Origin

  1. Japaneseウォシュレット
  2. Englishwashlet

From a trademark registered by Japanese company Toto Ltd. Re-borrowed from Japanese ウォシュレット (woshuretto). Blend of wash + toilet, or wash + -let.

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Translations

Chinese 衛洗麗 /卫洗丽
  • 衛洗麗 /卫洗丽 (Wèi xǐ lì)washlet
Japanese ウォシュレット
  • ウォシュレット (woshuretto)washlet
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