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loo

Translingual

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loo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lombo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lombo terms

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /luː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lu/
• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

Uncertain, although usually derived in some way from Waterloo, the site of Wellington's 1815 victory over Napoleon, likely via a pun based on water closet. Other suggested derivations include corruptions of French l'eau (“water”), lieu (“place”), lieux d'aisances (“'places of convenience': a lavatory”), lieu à l'anglaise (“'English place': a British-style lavatory”), bordalou (“a diminutive chamber pot”) or gardez l'eau (“'mind the water'”), via Scots gardyloo, formerly used in Edinburgh while emptying chamber pots out of windows; the supposed use of "Room 100" as the lavatory in Continental hotels; a popularisation of lew, a regional corruption of lee (“downwind”), in reference to shepherds' privies or the former use of beakheads on that side of the ship for urination and defecation; or a clipped form of the name of the unpopular 19th-century Countess of Lichfield Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Anson, who was the subject of an 1867 prank whereby her bedroom's name-card was placed on the door to the lavatory, prompting the other guests to begin speaking of "going to Lady Louisa".

Noun

loo (plural loos)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

Synonyms

• (room): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (fixture): See Thesaurus:toilet

Derived terms

• loo paper
• loo roll
• loo room
• portaloo
• superloo

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipped form of halloo.

Interjection

loo

1. A cry to urge on hunting dogs.

Alternative forms

• 'loo; lo, lowe (obsolete)

Derived terms

• looky-loo
• loo in

Verb

loo (third-person singular simple present loos, present participle looing, simple past and past participle looed)

1. (now dialect, used with at, upon or infinitive) To urge on with cries of loo or (figuratively) by other shouting or outcry.

Etymology 3

Clipped form of lanterloo.

Noun

loo (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lanterloo: the card game.
   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, To Dr. Helsham, 16:

     Yet, ladies are seldom at ombre or lue sick.
2. The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.
3. An act that prompts such a penalty.
4. A game of lanterloo.
5. (figuratively) Any group of people.

Alternative forms

• lu, liew, lue (obsolete)

Derived terms

Verb

loo (third-person singular simple present loos, present participle looing, simple past and past participle looed)

1. (transitive) To beat in the card game lanterloo.
2. To pay a penalty to the pool for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick in lanterloo.
3. (figurative, now dialect) To pay any penalty to any community.

Translations

Etymology 4

From French loup (“wolf; mask, eyemask”). Doublet of lobo, lupus, and wolf.

Noun

loo (plural loos)

1. (fashion, obsolete) A half-mask, particularly (historical) those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun.

Derived terms

• loo mask

See also

• domino mask

Etymology 5

From Hindi लू (lū), ultmately from Sanskrit उल्का (ulkā, “flame”).

Noun

loo

1. (India) A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab.

Etymology 6

Clipped form of lieutenant.

Noun

loo (plural loos)

1. (US, military, slang) A lieutenant.

See also

• Lordy loo

References

Anagrams

• OOL

Dutch

Alternative forms

• lo

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lôo, from Old Dutch *lō, *lōh, from Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz. Cognate with English lea and leigh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loː/
• Hyphenation: loo
• Rhymes: -oː
• Homophone: Loo

Noun

loo n or f (plural loo's or loon)

1. (historical, geography) a clearing in a forest
2. (historical, geography) a forest on sandy soil with (many) clearings

Derived terms

Related terms

• Ansloo, Anslo (“Oslo”)

Estonian

Noun

loo

1. genitive singular of lugu
2. genitive singular of lood
3. genitive singular of loog

Verb

loo

1. present indicative connegative of looma
2. second-person singular imperative of looma

Galician

Verb

loo

1. first-person singular present indicative of loar

Lashi

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [lo˧˧]
• (Mongko) IPA^(key): [lɔː˥˥]
• Hyphenation: loo

Verb

loo

1. (intransitive) to go
2. (intransitive) to leave

References

• Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 29

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish lugu, comparative form of bec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː/

Adjective

loo

1. comparative degree of beg (“small, minor”)

See also

• smoo

Spanish

Verb

loo

1. first-person singular present indicative of loar

Xhosa

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lôː]

Pronoun

lóo

1. alternative form of lowo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lôː]

Pronoun

lóo

1. alternative form of lowo

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