bathroom

English Online Dictionary. What means bathroom‎? What does bathroom mean?

English

Alternative forms

• bath room, bath-room

Etymology

From bath +‎ room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːθɹʊm/, /ˈbɑːθɹuːm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbæθˌɹum/, /ˈbæθɹʊm/
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæθɹʊm/, /ˈbæθɹuːm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm, -uːm

Noun

bathroom (plural bathrooms)

1. A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom

   Hypernym: room

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     I wash in the bathroom.

2. (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemistic) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

Usage notes

From the beginning of the 20th century, bathroom has been the generic word for a room with toilet facilities in American English, whereas Britons have continued to say lavatory relatively more frequently, and often loo or WC for a room with a toilet but no bath.

In some contexts, bathroom refers more particularly to the toilet facilities of a private residence, distinguished from public buildings' restrooms (US), washrooms (Canada), men's rooms, ladies' rooms, etc.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Hindi: बाथरूम (bāthrūm)
• → Urdu: باتھ روم (bāth-rūm)

Translations

Verb

bathroom (third-person singular simple present bathrooms, present participle bathrooming, simple past and past participle bathroomed)

1. (medicine, transitive) To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.

References

Anagrams

• Robotham, Bohr atom