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It's called a washroom or a "powder room" in Ontario, Canada. Powder room specifically refers to a small room in a house with only a sink and toilet and is not
by frosted-flakes 7y ago
It's called a washroom or a "powder room" in Ontario, Canada. Powder room specifically refers to a small room in a house with only a sink and toilet and is not a term I personally use. A washroom is any room with toilets and sinks, whether or not it has a bath/shower, especially in commercial settings, but "washroom" seems to not be used in the US much or at all, in my experience.
- Aardwolf 7y agoSeems like in (mainland?) Europe people dare to use the actual word a bit better rather than hide the meaning: if the main purpose of the room is the toilet bowl inside of it, it's called a toilet or a wc
- frosted-flakes 7y ago"Water closet" or WC is hiding the meaning just as much as "washroom", in my opinion. Both imply a room with washing facilities. Calling the room a toilet just sounds odd to me, because the toilet is in the room, but I understand why it's used like that. I've also heard "I'm going to use the [toilet] facilities".