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bathhouse

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈbæθˌhaʊs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A building with baths for communal use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A building where swimmers can change clothes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a building containing public baths

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bagnio

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

Narrower terms: sudatorium, sudatory

5

noun

Meaning 5

a building containing dressing rooms for bathers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bathing machine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: building, edifice

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (“bathhouse”), equivalent to bath + house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (“bathhouse”), German Badehaus (“bathhouse”), German Low German Baadhuus, Boodhuus (“bathhouse”), Danish badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Bokmål badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Nynorsk badehus (“bathhouse”), Swedish badhus (“bathhouse”).

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҳамам (aḥamam) — building with baths for communal use
  • Abkhaz: абана (abana) — building with baths for communal use
  • Albanian: banjë — building with baths for communal use
  • Southern Altai: мылча (mïlča) — building with baths for communal use
  • Arabic: حَمَّام (ḥammām) — building with baths for communal use
  • Armenian: բաղնիք (baġnikʻ) — building with baths for communal use
  • Azerbaijani: hamam — building with baths for communal use
  • Azerbaijani: hamamxana — building with baths for communal use
  • Bashkir: мунса (munsa) — building with baths for communal use
  • Belarusian: ла́зня (láznja) — building with baths for communal use
  • Belarusian: ба́ня (bánja) — building with baths for communal use
  • Bulgarian: ба́ня (bánja) — building with baths for communal use
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澡堂 (zǎotáng) — building with baths for communal use
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浴堂 (yùtáng) — building with baths for communal use
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浴池 (yùchí) — building with baths for communal use
  • Chuvash: мунча (munč̬a) — building with baths for communal use
  • Czech: lázně — building with baths for communal use
  • Danish: badehus — building with baths for communal use
  • Dutch: badhuis — building with baths for communal use
  • Esperanto: banejo — building with baths for communal use
  • Estonian: avalik saun — building with baths for communal use
  • Finnish: kylpylä — building with baths for communal use
  • French: bains — building with baths for communal use
  • Galician: baño — building with baths for communal use
  • Georgian: აბანო (abano) — building with baths for communal use
  • German: Badehaus — building with baths for communal use
  • German: Bad — building with baths for communal use
  • German: Badeanstalt — building with baths for communal use
  • Greek: λουτρώνας (loutrónas) — building with baths for communal use
  • Greek: βαλανείο (valaneío) — building with baths for communal use
  • Ancient Greek: λουτρών (loutrṓn) — building with baths for communal use
  • Ancient Greek: βαλανεῖον (balaneîon) — building with baths for communal use
  • Hebrew: מרחץ \ מֶרְחָץ (merkháts) — building with baths for communal use
  • Hindi: ग़ुस्लख़ाना (ġuslaxānā) — building with baths for communal use
  • Hindi: ग़ुसलख़ाना (ġusalxānā) — building with baths for communal use
  • Hungarian: fürdő — building with baths for communal use
  • Japanese: 浴場 (yokujō) — building with baths for communal use
  • Japanese: 銭湯 (sentō) — building with baths for communal use
  • Kazakh: монша (monşa) — building with baths for communal use
  • Korean: 목욕탕 (mogyoktang) — building with baths for communal use
  • Northern Kurdish: hemam — building with baths for communal use
  • Northern Kurdish: banyo — building with baths for communal use
  • Kyrgyz: мончо (monco) — building with baths for communal use
  • Ladino: חאמאם — building with baths for communal use
  • Ladino: ḥamam — building with baths for communal use
  • Lao: ຫໍສົງນ້ໍາ (hǭ song nam) — building with baths for communal use
  • Lao: ຫໍສົງ (hǭ song) — building with baths for communal use
  • Latin: balneae — building with baths for communal use
  • Latvian: pirts — building with baths for communal use
  • Lithuanian: pirtis — building with baths for communal use
  • Low German: Baadhuus — building with baths for communal use
  • Low German: Boodhuus — building with baths for communal use
  • Macedonian: ба́ња (bánja) — building with baths for communal use
  • Nogai: амам (amam) — building with baths for communal use
  • Norwegian Bokmål: badehus — building with baths for communal use
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: badehus — building with baths for communal use
  • Old English: bæþhūs — building with baths for communal use
  • Ossetian: абана (abana) — building with baths for communal use
  • Pashto: حمام (hamām) — building with baths for communal use
  • Dari: گَرْمَابَه (garmāba) — building with baths for communal use
  • Dari: حَمَّام (hammām) — building with baths for communal use
  • Iranian Persian: گَرْمابِه (garmâbe) — building with baths for communal use
  • Iranian Persian: حَمَّام (hammâm) — building with baths for communal use
  • Polish: łaźnia — building with baths for communal use
  • Portuguese: casa de banho — building with baths for communal use
  • Portuguese: terma — building with baths for communal use
  • Romanian: baie — building with baths for communal use
  • Russian: ба́ня (bánja) — building with baths for communal use
  • Kildin-Sami: ба̄йна (bājna) — building with baths for communal use
  • Spanish: casa de baños — building with baths for communal use
  • Swedish: badhus — building with baths for communal use
  • Tajik: ҳаммом (hammom) — building with baths for communal use
  • Tajik: гармоба (garmoba) — building with baths for communal use
  • Tatar: мунча (munça) — building with baths for communal use
  • Thai: ห้องอาบน้ํา — building with baths for communal use
  • Turkish: hamam — building with baths for communal use
  • Ottoman Turkish: حمام (hamam) — building with baths for communal use
  • Turkmen: hammam — building with baths for communal use
  • Ukrainian: ла́зня (láznja) — building with baths for communal use
  • Ukrainian: ба́ня (bánja) — building with baths for communal use
  • Urdu: غُسْل خانَہ (ġusl xāna) — building with baths for communal use
  • Uyghur: سەراپ (serap) — building with baths for communal use
  • Uyghur: ھاممام (hammam) — building with baths for communal use
  • Uyghur: مۇنچا (muncha) — building with baths for communal use
  • Uzbek: hammom — building with baths for communal use
  • Uzbek: moʻrcha — building with baths for communal use
  • Yakut: суунурҕан (suunurğan) — building with baths for communal use
  • Macedonian: соблекува́лна (soblekuválna) — building where swimmers change clothes
  • Polish: szatnia — building where swimmers change clothes
  • Polish: przebieralnia — building where swimmers change clothes
  • Portuguese: vestiário — building where swimmers change clothes
  • Russian: раздева́лка (razdeválka) — building where swimmers change clothes
  • Russian: раздева́льня (razdeválʹnja) — building where swimmers change clothes
  • Ukrainian: перевдяга́льня (perevdjahálʹnja) — building where swimmers change clothes
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