bathe

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From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheh1- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.

268 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: купа́нне (kupánnje) — act of bathing
• Danish: bad — act of bathing
• Faroese: bað — act of bathing
• Finnish: kylpy — act of bathing
• French: baignade — act of bathing
• French: bain — act of bathing
• German: Bad — act of bathing
• Hungarian: fürdés — act of bathing
• Hungarian: fürdőzés — act of bathing
• Hungarian: csobbanás — act of bathing
• Hungarian: mártózás — act of bathing
• Hungarian: strandolás — act of bathing
• Hungarian: úszás — act of bathing
• Icelandic: bað — act of bathing
• Norwegian: bad — act of bathing
• Russian: купа́ние (kupánije) — act of bathing
• Serbo-Croatian: купање — act of bathing
• Serbo-Croatian: kupanje — act of bathing
• Slovak: kúpeľ — act of bathing
• Slovak: kúpanie — act of bathing
• Swedish: bad — act of bathing
• Tamil: குளியல் (kuḷiyal) — act of bathing
• Ukrainian: купа́ння (kupánnja) — act of bathing
• Aklanon: ligos — to clean oneself with water
• Albanian: bën banjë — to clean oneself with water
• Chungli Ao: chigu — to clean oneself with water
• Arabic: اِسْتَحَمَّ (istaḥamma) — to clean oneself with water
• Arabic: اِغْتَسَلَ (iḡtasala) — to clean oneself with water
• Armenian: լողանալ (loġanal) — to clean oneself with water
• Aromanian: ascaldu — to clean oneself with water
• Assamese: গা ধো (ga dhü) — to clean oneself with water
• Assamese: নোৱা (nüa) — to clean oneself with water
• Azerbaijani: çimmək — to clean oneself with water
• Belarusian: купа́цца (kupácca) — to clean oneself with water
• Central Bikol: karigos — to clean oneself with water
• Bulgarian: къпя се (kǎpja se) — to clean oneself with water
• Burmese: ရေချိုး (rehkyui:) — to clean oneself with water
• Catalan: banyar-se — to clean oneself with water
• Cebuano: ligo — to clean oneself with water
• Chinese: 洗浴 (zh-min-nan) — to clean oneself with water
• Chinese Mandarin: 沐浴 (mùyù) — to clean oneself with water
• Chinese Mandarin: 洗浴 (xǐyù) — to clean oneself with water
• Czech: koupat se — to clean oneself with water
• Danish: bade — to clean oneself with water
• Dutch: zich baden — to clean oneself with water
• Dutch: zich wassen — to clean oneself with water
• Esperanto: bani — to clean oneself with water
• Esperanto: baniĝi — to clean oneself with water
• Estonian: suplema — to clean oneself with water
• Faroese: baða — to clean oneself with water
• Finnish: kylpeä — to clean oneself with water
• Finnish: peseytyä — to clean oneself with water
• French: prendre un bain — to clean oneself with water
• Galician: bañarse — to clean oneself with water
• Georgian: ბანაობა (banaoba) — to clean oneself with water
• Georgian: დაბანვა (dabanva) — to clean oneself with water
• German: sich baden — to clean oneself with water
• German: sich waschen — to clean oneself with water
• Ancient Greek: λούομαι (loúomai) — to clean oneself with water
• Higaonon: langoy — to clean oneself with water
• Hindi: स्नान करना (snān karnā) — to clean oneself with water
• White Hmong: da dej — to clean oneself with water
• Hungarian: fürdik — to clean oneself with water
• Hungarian: megfürdik — to clean oneself with water
• Hungarian: lefürdik — to clean oneself with water
• Hungarian: mosdik — to clean oneself with water
• Hungarian: megmosdik — to clean oneself with water
• Hungarian: lemosdik — to clean oneself with water
• Hungarian: mosakszik — to clean oneself with water
• Icelandic: baða — to clean oneself with water
• Ido: balnar — to clean oneself with water
• Ilocano: agdigos — to clean oneself with water
• Indonesian: mandi — to clean oneself with water
• Isnag: dixut — to clean oneself with water
• Italian: farsi il bagno — to clean oneself with water
• Italian: lavarsi — to clean oneself with water
• Japanese: 浴びる (abiru) — to clean oneself with water
• Japanese: 入浴する (nyūyoku-suru) — to clean oneself with water
• Javanese: adus — to clean oneself with water
• Jeju: ᄀᆞᆷ다 (gawmda) — to clean oneself with water
• Khmer: ងូត (nguut) — to clean oneself with water
• Khmer: ងូតទឹក (nguut tɨk) — to clean oneself with water
• Korean: 목욕하다 (mogyokhada) — to clean oneself with water
• Lao: ອາບ (ʼāp) — to clean oneself with water
• Lao: ອາບນ້ໍາ (ʼāp nam) — to clean oneself with water
• Latin: lavo — to clean oneself with water
• Latin: alluo — to clean oneself with water
• Latin: perluo — to clean oneself with water
• Latvian: peldēties — to clean oneself with water
• Lithuanian: maudytis — to clean oneself with water
• Lombard: bagnà — to clean oneself with water
• Macedonian: се капе (se kape) — to clean oneself with water
• Maguindanao: maigo — to clean oneself with water
• Malay: mandi — to clean oneself with water
• Manchu: ᡝᠪᡳᡧᡝᠮᠪᡳ (ebišembi) — to clean oneself with water
• Manchu: ᡝᠯᠪᡳᡧᡝᠮᠪᡳ (elbišembi) — to clean oneself with water
• Māori: kaukau — to clean oneself with water
• Maranao: igo' — to clean oneself with water
• Middle English: bathen — to clean oneself with water
• Middle English: bethen — to clean oneself with water
• Nanai: элбусиури (elbusiuri) — to clean oneself with water
• Navajo: naashbé — to clean oneself with water
• Norwegian Bokmål: bade — to clean oneself with water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bada — to clean oneself with water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bade — to clean oneself with water
• Occitan: banhar — to clean oneself with water
• Persian: حمام کردن (hammâm kardan) — to clean oneself with water
• Persian: آبتنی کردن (âbtani kardan) — to clean oneself with water
• Polish: kąpać się — to clean oneself with water
• Portuguese: banhar — to clean oneself with water
• Quechua: armay — to clean oneself with water
• Romanian: a face baie — to clean oneself with water
• Romanian: a se spăla — to clean oneself with water
• Russian: купа́ться (kupátʹsja) — to clean oneself with water
• Russian: мы́ться (mýtʹsja) — to clean oneself with water
• Sanskrit: स्नाति (snāti) — to clean oneself with water
• Sanskrit: उनत्ति (unatti) — to clean oneself with water
• Sardinian: bagnare — to clean oneself with water
• Serbo-Croatian: купати се — to clean oneself with water
• Serbo-Croatian: kupati se — to clean oneself with water
• Slovak: kúpať sa — to clean oneself with water
• Slovak: okúpať sa — to clean oneself with water
• Slovene: kopati se — to clean oneself with water
• Spanish: bañarse — to clean oneself with water
• Swahili: -oga — to clean oneself with water
• Swedish: bada — to clean oneself with water
• Sylheti: ꠉꠣ ꠗꠀ (ga dóa) — to clean oneself with water
• Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠀꠘꠤ (naani) — to clean oneself with water
• Tagalog: maligo — to clean oneself with water
• Tamil: குளி (kuḷi) — to clean oneself with water
• Tamil: நீராடு (nīrāṭu) — to clean oneself with water
• Telugu: స్నానమాడు (snānamāḍu) — to clean oneself with water
• Thai: อาบ (àap) — to clean oneself with water
• Thai: อาบน้ํา (àap-náam) — to clean oneself with water
• Tocharian B: nāsk- — to clean oneself with water
• Turkish: banyo yapmak — to clean oneself with water
• Turkish: çimmek — to clean oneself with water
• Turkish: yunmak — to clean oneself with water
• Turkish: yıkanmak — to clean oneself with water
• Ukrainian: купа́тися (kupátysja) — to clean oneself with water
• Ulwa (Nicaragua): wasaranaka — to clean oneself with water
• Urdu: غسل کرنا (ġusl karnā) — to clean oneself with water
• Urdu: حمام کرنا (hammām karnā) — to clean oneself with water
• Venetan: bagnar — to clean oneself with water
• Vietnamese: tắm — to clean oneself with water
• Vietnamese: tắm rửa — to clean oneself with water
• Vietnamese: tắm gội — to clean oneself with water
• Vietnamese: rửa ráy — to clean oneself with water
• Yiddish: באָדן זיך (bodn zikh) — to clean oneself with water
• Yoruba: wẹ̀ — to clean oneself with water
• Yucatec Maya: ichkíil — to clean oneself with water
• Azerbaijani: çimmək — to immerse oneself in water
• Central Bikol: karigos — to immerse oneself in water
• Finnish: kylpeä — to immerse oneself in water
• French: se baigner — to immerse oneself in water
• Galician: bañarse — to immerse oneself in water
• Georgian: ბანაობა (banaoba) — to immerse oneself in water
• German: baden — to immerse oneself in water
• Hungarian: fürdik — to immerse oneself in water
• Hungarian: fürdőzik — to immerse oneself in water
• Hungarian: csobban — to immerse oneself in water
• Hungarian: mártózik — to immerse oneself in water
• Hungarian: megmártózik — to immerse oneself in water
• Hungarian: strandol — to immerse oneself in water
• Hungarian: úszik — to immerse oneself in water
• Kazakh: шомылдыру (şomyldyru) — to immerse oneself in water
• Māori: whakaruku — to immerse oneself in water
• Navajo: naashbé — to immerse oneself in water
• Russian: купа́ться (kupátʹsja) — to immerse oneself in water
• Slovak: kúpať sa — to immerse oneself in water
• Spanish: bañarse — to immerse oneself in water
• Thai: อาบ (àap) — to immerse oneself in water
• Tocharian B: nāsk- — to immerse oneself in water
• Turkish: çimmek — to immerse oneself in water
• Turkish: yunmak — to immerse oneself in water
• Turkish: yıkanmak — to immerse oneself in water
• Ukrainian: купа́тися (kupátysja) — to immerse oneself in water
• Vietnamese: ngâm — to immerse oneself in water
• Yiddish: באָדן זיך (bodn zikh) — to immerse oneself in water
• Aragonese: bañar — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Azerbaijani: çimizdirmək — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Belarusian: купа́ць (kupácʹ) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Central Bikol: karigos — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Catalan: banyar — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Cherokee: ᎦᏬᎠ (gawoa) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Danish: bade — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Esperanto: bani — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Finnish: kylvettää — to clean a person by immersion in water
• French: faire prendre un bain — to clean a person by immersion in water
• French: baigner — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Galician: bañar — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Georgian: დაბანვა (dabanva) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• German: baden — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Ancient Greek: λούω (loúō) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Hungarian: fürdet — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Hungarian: füröszt — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Indonesian: memandikan — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Italian: fare il bagno — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Japanese: 浴びせる (abiseru) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Kazakh: шомылдыру (şomyldyru) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: diɣu' — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Māori: whakakaukau — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Middle English: bathen — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Ossetian: найын (najyn) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Polish: kąpać — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Portuguese: banhar — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Quechua: armakuy — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Quechua: armachiy — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Romanian: a face baie (cuiva) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Romanian: spăla — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Russian: купа́ть (kupátʹ) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Slovak: kúpať — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Slovak: okúpať — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Spanish: bañar — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Swedish: bada — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Tamil: குளிப்பாட்டு (kuḷippāṭṭu) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Tamil: நீராட்டு (nīrāṭṭu) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Thai: อาบน้ํา (àap-náam) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Turkish: banyo yaptırmak — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Turkish: çimdirmek — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Turkish: yıkamak — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Ottoman Turkish: ییقامق (yıkamak) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Ottoman Turkish: یومق (yumak) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Ukrainian: купа́ти (kupáty) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Vietnamese: tắm — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Vietnamese: tắm gội — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Vietnamese: tắm rửa — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Vietnamese: rửa ráy — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Yiddish: באָדן (bodn) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Yiddish: אויסבאָדן (oysbodn) — to clean a person by immersion in water
• Finnish: kastaa — to apply water to
• Finnish: kastella — to apply water to
• Finnish: kostuttaa — to apply water to
• French: baigner — to apply water to
• Galician: lavar — to apply water to
• Galician: limpar — to apply water to
• German: waschen — to apply water to
• Hungarian: öblít — to apply water to
• Hungarian: leöblít — to apply water to
• Hungarian: öblöget — to apply water to
• Hungarian: kimos — to apply water to
• Hungarian: kiöblít — to apply water to
• Indonesian: membasuh — to apply water to
• Middle English: bathen — to apply water to
• Slovak: umyť — to apply water to
• Slovak: umývať — to apply water to
• Slovak: omyť — to apply water to
• Slovak: omývať — to apply water to
• Spanish: lavar — to apply water to
• Finnish: peittää — to cover or surround
• Finnish: peittyä — to cover or surround
• Finnish: kylpeä — to cover or surround
• French: baigner — to cover or surround
• Galician: bañar — to cover or surround
• Galician: cubrir — to cover or surround
• Galician: inundar — to cover or surround
• Galician: rodear — to cover or surround
• German: baden — to cover or surround
• Hungarian: ellep — to cover or surround
• Hungarian: eláraszt — to cover or surround
• Hungarian: borít — to cover or surround
• Hungarian: beborít — to cover or surround
• Hungarian: áztat — to cover or surround
• Hungarian: beburkol — to cover or surround
• Hungarian: füröszt — to cover or surround
• Indonesian: bermandikan — to cover or surround
• Slovak: zaplaviť — to cover or surround
• Slovak: zaplavovať — to cover or surround