toilette: toilet
WC: "water closet" in English, used to mark some bathrooms in restaurants, etc. with foreign visitors
In France -as well as Spain, Germany, and probably much of Europe- the toilet has two buttons to flush instead of one. The larger button empties the full tank. For only ...er...liquid waste...you use the smaller button which only empties half the tank. It is really a smart idea to save water.
Public toilets are also quite different in ways. In many museums you pay 20 to 50 cents to use a public toilet. On the street they also have toilet machines that you use. Once you leave, the machine closes completely, flushes, and washes the entire inside before opening for the next user.
In most restaurants and other public places, bathrooms may either be unisex or the men and women's room share a wash area with the toilets in little closets off from these rooms. It was kind of shocking at first to walk out of the WC to wash my hands and encounter a strange woman washing up.
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