Loos

/luːz/ noun

Definition

Plural of loo; British slang for bathrooms or toilets.

Etymology

From a mysterious origin—possibly from 'Waterloo' (a brand of toilet paper), French 'l'eau' (water), or a contraction of an old term; it's thoroughly British slang that emerged in the early 1900s.

Kelly Says

Different English-speaking countries use different toilet words—Americans say 'bathroom,' Brits say 'loo,' Australians say 'dunny,' and Irish say 'jacks'—showing how the same necessary bodily function gets hidden behind completely different coded language depending on where you're from.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ነፃ
nɛtsa
ARالعربية
مُثْلَى
muθ-laː
BNবাংলা
সরু
saru
CACatalà
sueltes
suˈel.tes
CSČeština
volné
vol-nɛ
DADansk
løse
løːse
DEDeutsch
locker
ˈlɔkɐ
ELΕλληνικά
χαλαρά
xalaˈra
ESEspañol
sueltos
swael-tohs
FAفارسی
شل
ʃæl
FISuomi
löysä
ˈløysä
FRFrançais
lous
luː
GUGU
મોઢે
moːðɛ
HAHA
gaba
ɡaba
HEעברית
חופשי
ḥofʃi
HIहिन्दी
खुले
khule
HUMagyar
laza
ˈlaːza
IDBahasa Indonesia
longgar
lon-gar
IGIG
nke
nke
ITItaliano
lassati
la-sa-ti
JA日本語
緩い
yurai
KKKK
өші
øʃi
KMKM
រឿង
rʊəŋ
KO한국어
헐렁한
heol-leong-han
MRMR
खोले
khɔːle
MSBahasa Melayu
longgar
lon-gar
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွမ်း
tʃwʊm
NLNederlands
los
loːs
NONorsk
løse
løːse
PAPA
ਖਾਲੀ
khaːli
PLPolski
luźne
wˈʒnɛ
PTPortuguês
frouxos
fɾuˈʃos
RORomână
lăsați
la-sa-ti
RUРусский
расслабленные
rassla-blennye
SVSvenska
lösa
lœːsa
SWKiswahili
laini
laːiːni
TAதமிழ்
விளங்கும்
vi-laŋ-kum
TEతెలుగు
తళుకు
ta-lu-ku
THไทย
หลวม
lɔːwm
TLTL
mabilis
ma-bi-lis
TRTürkçe
gevşek
ɡevʃek
UKУкраїнська
вільні
vɪlˈnɪ
URاردو
آزاد
a-zaad
VITiếng Việt
lỏng lẻo
lɔːŋ lɛːo
YOYO
gba
ɡba
ZH中文
松的
sōng de
ZUZU
ezi
ezi

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