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bathroom

noun · verb · 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːθɹʊm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːθɹuːm/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbæθˌɹum/
  • General-American: /ˈbæθɹʊm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK, US: /ˈbæθɹʊm/
  • UK, US: /ˈbæθɹuːm/
  • rhymes with -ʊm
  • rhymes with -uːm
  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 TH R UW2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

2

noun

Meaning 2

A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, Philippines, South-Africa, US, euphemistic

Examples

  • Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bath

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

5

noun

Meaning 5

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: head, public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room, washroom, water closet, closet, W.C., loo

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh1- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English bathroom From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).

Across languages

Translations

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: badkamer — a room with a bathtub
  • Albanian: banjë — a room with a bathtub
  • Southern Altai: јунунатан кып (ǰununatan kïp) — a room with a bathtub
  • Southern Altai: мылча (mïlča) — a room with a bathtub
  • Arabic: حَمَّام (ḥammām) — a room with a bathtub
  • Armenian: լոգարան (logaran) — a room with a bathtub
  • Armenian: բաղնիք (baġnikʻ) — a room with a bathtub
  • Azerbaijani: vanna otağı — a room with a bathtub
  • Azerbaijani: hamamxana — a room with a bathtub
  • Azerbaijani: hamam — a room with a bathtub
  • Bashkir: мунса (munsa) — a room with a bathtub
  • Basque: bainugela — a room with a bathtub
  • Belarusian: ва́нная (vánnaja) — a room with a bathtub
  • Belarusian: ва́нны пако́й (vánny pakój) — a room with a bathtub
  • Bengali: গোসলখানা (gōśolkhana) — a room with a bathtub
  • Breton: sal-gibellañ — a room with a bathtub
  • Bulgarian: ба́ня (bánja) — a room with a bathtub
  • Burmese: ရေချိုးခန်း (rehkyui:hkan:) — a room with a bathtub
  • Catalan: cambra de bany — a room with a bathtub
  • Catalan: bany — a room with a bathtub
  • Chickasaw: aboowoshi' — a room with a bathtub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浴室 (yùshì) — a room with a bathtub
  • Choctaw: aboha ayupi — a room with a bathtub
  • Chuvash: мунча (munč̬a) — a room with a bathtub
  • Cornish: stevel omwolghi — a room with a bathtub
  • Cornish: stevel omwolhi — a room with a bathtub
  • Czech: koupelna — a room with a bathtub
  • Danish: badeværelse — a room with a bathtub
  • Dutch: badkamer — a room with a bathtub
  • Egyptian: s-q-b-b-W:y-W15-mw-pr (sqbbwj) — a room with a bathtub
  • Esperanto: banĉambro — a room with a bathtub
  • Estonian: vannituba — a room with a bathtub
  • Faroese: baðirúm — a room with a bathtub
  • Faroese: baðrúm — a room with a bathtub
  • Faroese: baðstova — a room with a bathtub
  • Fijian: vale vo — a room with a bathtub
  • Finnish: kylpyhuone — a room with a bathtub
  • Finnish: kylppäri — a room with a bathtub
  • French: salle de bains — a room with a bathtub
  • Galician: baño — a room with a bathtub
  • Georgian: სააბაზანო (saabazano) — a room with a bathtub
  • Georgian: აბანო (abano) — a room with a bathtub
  • Georgian: სააბაზანო ოთახი (saabazano otaxi) — a room with a bathtub
  • German: Badezimmer — a room with a bathtub
  • German: Bad — a room with a bathtub
  • Gilbertese: te roki — a room with a bathtub
  • Greek: λουτρό (loutró) — a room with a bathtub
  • Greek: μπάνιο (bánio) — a room with a bathtub
  • Gujarati: નહાવાની ઓરડી (nahāvānī oraḍī) — a room with a bathtub
  • Haitian Creole: twalèt — a room with a bathtub
  • Haitian Creole: saldeben — a room with a bathtub
  • Hebrew: חדר־אמבטיה (khadar-ambat'ia) — a room with a bathtub
  • Hindi: स्नानघर (snānghar) — a room with a bathtub
  • Hindi: ग़ुस्लख़ाना (ġuslaxānā) — a room with a bathtub
  • Hungarian: fürdőszoba — a room with a bathtub
  • Hunsrik: Baadezimmer — a room with a bathtub
  • Hunsrik: Baad — a room with a bathtub
  • Icelandic: baðherbergi — a room with a bathtub
  • Ido: balnochambro — a room with a bathtub
  • Ilocano: pagdigusan — a room with a bathtub
  • Indonesian: kamar mandi — a room with a bathtub
  • Interlingua: camera de banio — a room with a bathtub
  • Irish: seomra folctha — a room with a bathtub
  • Italian: stanza da bagno — a room with a bathtub
  • Italian: bagno — a room with a bathtub
  • Japanese: 風呂場 (furoba) — a room with a bathtub
  • Japanese: 浴室 (yokushitsu) — a room with a bathtub
  • Kannada: ಸ್ನಾನಗೃಹದ (snānagṛhada) — a room with a bathtub
  • Kashubian: kąpnica — a room with a bathtub
  • Kazakh: ванна бөлмесі (vanna bölmesı) — a room with a bathtub
  • Khmer: បន្ទប់ទឹក (bɑɑntup tɨk) — a room with a bathtub
  • Kongo: kikozo — a room with a bathtub
  • Korean: 욕실 (yoksil) — a room with a bathtub
  • Korean: 목욕실 (mogyoksil) — a room with a bathtub
  • Central Kurdish: حھ مام (ḧih mam) — a room with a bathtub
  • Northern Kurdish: hemam — a room with a bathtub
  • Northern Kurdish: banyo — a room with a bathtub
  • Kyrgyz: ванна бөлмөсү (vanna bölmösü) — a room with a bathtub
  • Kyrgyz: ванналуу бөлмө (vannaluu bölmö) — a room with a bathtub
  • Lao: ຫ້ອງນ້ໍາ (hǭng nam) — a room with a bathtub
  • Lao: ຫ້ອງອາບນ້ໍາ (hǭng ʼāp nam) — a room with a bathtub
  • Lao: ສ້ວມອາບນ້ໍາ (sūa mp nam) — a room with a bathtub
  • Latin: balneum — a room with a bathtub
  • Latvian: vannasistaba — a room with a bathtub
  • Lithuanian: vonia — a room with a bathtub
  • Luxembourgish: Buedzëmmer — a room with a bathtub
  • Macedonian: бања (banja) — a room with a bathtub
  • Macedonian: купатило (kupatilo) — a room with a bathtub
  • Malay: bilik mandi — a room with a bathtub
  • Maltese: kamra tal-banju — a room with a bathtub
  • Māori: whare kaukau — a room with a bathtub
  • Māori: rūma tāpu — a room with a bathtub
  • Māori: rūma kaukau — a room with a bathtub
  • Mongolian: угаалгын өрөө (ugaalgyn öröö) — a room with a bathtub
  • Niuean: fale koukou — a room with a bathtub
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bad — a room with a bathtub
  • Norwegian Bokmål: baderom — a room with a bathtub
  • Occitan: banhador — a room with a bathtub
  • Occitan: sala de banh — a room with a bathtub
  • Osage: 𐓪𐓲𐓟́𐓻𐓟𐓳𐓣 (océžehci) — a room with a bathtub
  • Palauan: orchertoll — a room with a bathtub
  • Pashto: لمبل ځای (lambā jãy) — a room with a bathtub
  • Pashto: حمام (hamām) — a room with a bathtub
  • Persian: حمام (hammâm) — a room with a bathtub
  • Persian: دَسْتْشویی (dastšuyi) — a room with a bathtub
  • Plautdietsch: Bodstow — a room with a bathtub
  • Polish: łazienka — a room with a bathtub
  • Portuguese: banheiro — a room with a bathtub
  • Portuguese: casa de banho — a room with a bathtub
  • Quechua: chhallpuku — a room with a bathtub
  • Romanian: baie — a room with a bathtub
  • Russian: ва́нная (vánnaja) — a room with a bathtub
  • Russian: ва́нная ко́мната (vánnaja kómnata) — a room with a bathtub
  • Samoan: faletaele — a room with a bathtub
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-ionnlaid — a room with a bathtub
  • Serbo-Croatian: купао́ница — a room with a bathtub
  • Serbo-Croatian: купа̏тило — a room with a bathtub
  • Serbo-Croatian: купао́на — a room with a bathtub
  • Serbo-Croatian: kupaónica — a room with a bathtub
  • Serbo-Croatian: kupȁtilo — a room with a bathtub
  • Serbo-Croatian: kupaóna — a room with a bathtub
  • Slovak: kúpeľňa — a room with a bathtub
  • Slovene: kopalnica — a room with a bathtub
  • Somali: musqul — a room with a bathtub
  • Somali: musqushu — a room with a bathtub
  • Lower Sorbian: kupadło — a room with a bathtub
  • Upper Sorbian: kupjelnja — a room with a bathtub
  • Sotho: batekamore e kae — a room with a bathtub
  • Spanish: cuarto de baño — a room with a bathtub
  • Spanish: baño — a room with a bathtub
  • Spanish: lavabo — a room with a bathtub
  • Swedish: badrum — a room with a bathtub
  • Tagalog: banyo — a room with a bathtub
  • Tajik: ҳаммом (hammom) — a room with a bathtub
  • Tajik: ваннахона (vannaxona) — a room with a bathtub
  • Tamil: குளியலறை (kuḷiyalaṟai) — a room with a bathtub
  • Tatar: мунча (munça) — a room with a bathtub
  • Tatar: ванна бүлмәсе (wanna bülmäse) — a room with a bathtub
  • Telugu: స్నానాలగది (snānālagadi) — a room with a bathtub
  • Thai: ห้องน้ํา (hɔ̂ng-náam) — a room with a bathtub
  • Tibetan: གསང་སྤྱོད (gsang spyod) — a room with a bathtub
  • Tibetan: ཁྲུས་ཁང (khrus khang) — a room with a bathtub
  • Turkish: banyo — a room with a bathtub
  • Ottoman Turkish: بانیو (banyo) — a room with a bathtub
  • Ottoman Turkish: حمام (hamam) — a room with a bathtub
  • Turkmen: wanna otagy — a room with a bathtub
  • Turkmen: hammam — a room with a bathtub
  • Ukrainian: ва́нна кімна́та (vánna kimnáta) — a room with a bathtub
  • Ukrainian: ва́нна (vánna) — a room with a bathtub
  • Urdu: غسل خانہ (ġusal-xānā) — a room with a bathtub
  • Urdu: حمام (hammām) — a room with a bathtub
  • Urdu: حمام خانہ (hammām-xānā) — a room with a bathtub
  • Uyghur: مۇنچا (muncha) — a room with a bathtub
  • Uyghur: ھاممام (hammam) — a room with a bathtub
  • Uzbek: hammom — a room with a bathtub
  • Uzbek: vannaxona — a room with a bathtub
  • Vietnamese: buồng tắm — a room with a bathtub
  • Vietnamese: phòng tắm — a room with a bathtub
  • Volapük: banacem — a room with a bathtub
  • Welsh: ystafell ymolchi — a room with a bathtub
  • Winnebago: cąągore — a room with a bathtub
  • Yao (Africa): m'-bwaabwa — a room with a bathtub
  • Yiddish: וואַשצימער (vashtsimer) — a room with a bathtub
  • Yucatec Maya: kuchnil pʼoktal — a room with a bathtub
  • Zulu: indlu yokugezela — a room with a bathtub
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