urinal

Meanings

Noun

• A device or fixture used for urination, particularly:
• Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
• A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

Adjective

• Synonym of urinary

Origin

• From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal, from Latin ūrīnālis ("urinary: related to piss"). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.