commode

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
commode/kəˈməʊd/

▶noun

• 1 a piece of furniture containing a concealed chamber pot.

  ■ N. Amer. a toilet.

• 2 a chest of drawers or chiffonier of a decorative type popular in the 18th century.

– origin C18: from Fr., lit. ‘convenient, suitable’.