toilette
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of toilette
C16: from French; see toilet
Example Sentences
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In “Enchanted Escape,” we see her ostentatiously unadorned Sèvres porcelain plates and silverware for the royal toilette, a pink neoclassical armchair for resting after doing very little.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
For years the stuff I’ve worn has been Marinella 287, a freshly citric, almost barbershop eau de toilette produced by the underrated Neapolitan haberdashers of the same name.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2020
Which is why I couldn’t figure out why she told us to put late assignments in her boîte de toilette, or “toilet box.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020
In an attempt to compete with Beyonce and Britney Spears, Beck has decided to launch his own eau de toilette.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2016
After her toilette, the proud Madame had gone to the common room and imperiously demanded of a lowly soldier that he go and procure buttered rolls and fresh coffee for her and the children.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The second reel has a stationary camera positioned inside the beach house bathroom watching Sugar and America’s character make their toilettes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Sure, but this gets at an essential problem: while women have a long history of elaborate toilettes, men are still getting the hang of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
In place of the gorgeous toilettes and magnificent uniforms worn in the Tsar's time, men and women came in street dress, a few in evening clothes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile his two children had entered the room, Arthur and Ad'lin, both in faultless toilettes, and both out of humour.
From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Schubin, Ossip
Her whole time was devoted to the planning of new toilettes; her lengthiest visits were to her dressmaker.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
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