wc

See also: WC, w/c, and w.-c.

English

Noun

wc

1. (proofreading) Initialism of word choice.

Anagrams

• C&W, CW, c/w

Danish

Etymology

From English WC, an initialism for water closet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːseː/, [ˈveːˀˌseːˀ]

Noun

wc n (singular definite wc'et, plural indefinite wc'er)

1. toilet (bathroom with toilet)
2. water closet

Inflection

Declension of wc

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	wc	wc'et	wc'er	wc'erne
genitive	wc's	wc'ets	wc'ers	wc'ernes

Dutch

Etymology

From English WC, an initialism for water closet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːˈseː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

wc m (plural wc's, diminutive wc'tje n)

1. toilet (bathroom with toilet)
2. water closet

Synonyms

• plee
• toilet

Derived terms

• wc-borstel
• wc-bril
• wc-papier
• wc-pot
• wc-rol

Descendants

• → Aukan: weisei
• → Caribbean Hindustani: wc
• → Saramaccan: wéésée

Swedish

Noun

wc n or c

1. alternative form of vattenklosett (“flush toilet”)

   Synonyms: toalettstol, toalett, (colloquial) toa

2. a bathroom (with a toilet)

   Synonyms: toalett, (colloquial) toa, (colloquial) dass, (colloquial) skithus

Usage notes

Only neuter gender appears in sources, but common gender seems to be more common in practice on Google.

Declension

Declension of wc

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	wc	wc:s
	definite	wc:t	wc:ts
plural	indefinite	wc, wc:n	wc:s, wc:ns
	definite	wc:na	wc:nas

Declension of wc

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	wc	wc:s
	definite	wc:n	wc:ns
plural	indefinite	wc, wc:n, wc:ar	wc:s, wc:ns, wc:ars
	definite	wc:arna	wc:arnas

Derived terms

• rullstolswc (“wheelchair WC”)

References

• “wc”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “wc”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “wc”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tarifit

Root
w-c
1 term

Alternative forms

• ewc
• uc, wwec

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăβkəʔ.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [wʃ]
• Syllabification: wc

Verb

wc (verbal noun timekca or timewca or timewcit, Tifinagh spelling ⵡⵛ) (transitive)

1. to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of wc

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle yewcen yewcin yewcin yetticcen yetticcen singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m wceɣ tewced yewc newc tewcem wcen f tewc tewcent wcent perfective m wciɣ tewcid yewca newca tewcim wcin f tewca tewcint wcint negative perfective m wciɣ tewcid yewci newci tewcim wcin f tewci tewcint wcint imperfective m tticceɣ tetticced yetticc netticc tetticcem tticcen f tetticc tetticcent tticcent negative imperfective m tticceɣ tetticced yetticc netticc tetticcem tticcen f tetticc tetticcent tticcent aorist imperative m wc wcem, wcet f wcent imperfective imperative m tticc tticcem, tticcet f tticcent injunctive m newcet f newcent

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)