bathroom
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːθ.ɹuːm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæθˌɹum/, /ˈbæθɹʊm/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbæθ.ɹuːm/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uːm
Noun[edit]
bathroom (plural bathrooms)
- 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
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- I wash in the bathroom.
Audio (US) (file)
- I wash in the bathroom.
- (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, euphemistic) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
- Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
Usage notes[edit]
From the beginning of the 20th century, bathroom has been the generic word for a room with toilet facilities in American English,[1] 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[edit]
- bathroom bag
- bathroom bill
- bathroom break
- bathroomette
- bathroomful
- bathroomgoer
- bathroomish
- bathroomless
- bathroomlike
- bathroom scales
- bathroom singer
- bathroom tissue
- bathroomware
- bathroomy
- do you need to use the bathroom
- full bathroom
- go to the bathroom
- half bathroom
- multibathroom
- quarter bathroom
- split bathroom
- three-quarter bathroom
- use the bathroom
Descendants[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
bathroom (third-person singular simple present bathrooms, present participle bathrooming, simple past and past participle bathroomed)
- (medicine, transitive) To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.
References[edit]
- English compound terms
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/uːm
- Rhymes:English/uːm/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- American English
- South African English
- Canadian English
- Philippine English
- English euphemisms
- English terms with usage examples
- English verbs
- en:Medicine
- English transitive verbs
- en:Bathing
- en:Rooms
- en:Toilet (room)