Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elsan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: el-san
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical toilet.

British usage

Etymology

From a trade name, formed from the initials of the founder (Ephraim Louis Jackson) and sanitation.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Elsans (plural)

Questions

What does elsan mean?: A chemical toilet.
Where does elsan come from?: From a trade name, formed from the initials of the founder (Ephraim Louis Jackson) and sanitation.

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