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you can say « les vécés » (or « le vatér » if you're an old Belgian man maybe), but more common are « les toilettes », « les chiottes » (vulgar but very common)



> « les chiottes » (vulgar but very common)

Don’t use that word with people you don’t know, though… Being rude when asking for something is not the best strategy.


Mmm, same word as "shitters" in British English, with what I have to imagine is an identical etymology


It's not a daring conjecture that the slang word for toilet has an etymology related to shit.


In German there's "Scheisshaus" (shit house)




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