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bathtub

noun · 2 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.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːθtʌb/
  • Northern-England: /ˈbæθtʊb/ without the foot-strut split; without the trap–bath split
  • General-American: /ˈbæθtʌb/
  • /ˈbaːtːʊb/ Dublin
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 TH T AH0 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I had a long, leisurely soak in the bathtub.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bath, bathing tub, lavatory, tub

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bathing tub, bath, tub

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vessel

Narrower terms: footbath, hot tub, sitz bath, hip bath

History

Etymology

From bath + tub.

Across languages

Translations

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vaskë — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Arabic: بَانْيُو (bānyō) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Arabic: مَغْسَل (maḡsal) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Arabic: بانيو (bānyu) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܠܵܢܵܐ (balānā) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Armenian: վաննա (vanna) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Azerbaijani: vanna — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Azerbaijani: küvet — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Belarusian: ва́нна (vánna) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Bengali: বাথটব (bathoṭob) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Bulgarian: ва́на (vána) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Burmese: ရေချိုးကန် (rehkyui:kan) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Catalan: banyera — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Catalan: bany — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Chinese Cantonese: 浴缸 (juk6 gong1) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浴缸 (yùgāng) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浴盆 (yùpén) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澡盆 (zǎopén) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Czech: vana — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Danish: badekar — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Dutch: badkuip — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Dutch: ligbad — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Esperanto: banujo — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Esperanto: bankuvo — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Estonian: vann — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Faroese: baðikar — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Finnish: amme — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Finnish: kylpyamme — large container in which a person may bathe
  • French: baignoire — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Galician: bañeira — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Galician: baño — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Georgian: აბაზანა (abazana) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • German: Badewanne — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Greek: μπανιέρα (baniéra) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Greek: λουτήρας (loutíras) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Ancient Greek: πύελος (púelos) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Ancient Greek: λουτήρ (loutḗr) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Ancient Greek: ἀσάμινθος (asáminthos) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Greenlandic: baalia — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Hausa: bāhṑ — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Hawaiian: kapu ʻauʻau — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Hebrew: אַמְבַּטְיָה (ambátya) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Hebrew: אמבט — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Hindi: बाथटब (bāthṭab) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Hungarian: fürdőkád — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Hungarian: kád — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Icelandic: baðkar — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Icelandic: baðker — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Ido: balnuyo — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Indonesian: bak mandi — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Irish: dabhach fholctha — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Irish: tobán folctha — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Italian: bagno — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Italian: vasca da bagno — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Japanese: 浴槽 (yokusō) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Japanese: 湯船 (yubune) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Kazakh: ванна (vanna) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Korean: 목욕통 (mogyoktong) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Korean: 욕조 (yokjo) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Kyrgyz: ванна (vanna) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Latin: dureta — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Latin: lābrum — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Latin: alveus — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Latvian: vanna — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Lithuanian: vonia — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Luxembourgish: Buedbidden — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Macedonian: када (kada) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Malay: tab mandi — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Malayalam: കുളിതൊട്ടി (kuḷitoṭṭi) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Māori: tāpu — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Mongolian: ванн (vann) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Mongolian: усанд орох онгоц (usand orox ongoc) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Mongolian: угаалын онгоц (ugaalyn ongoc) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Mongolian: ᠸᠠᠨᠨ (wann) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠳᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠬᠤ ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (usun-du oruqu ongɣuča) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠬᠢᠶᠠᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (uqiyal-ün ongɣuča) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: badekar — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: badekar — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Occitan: banhadoira — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Persian: وان (vân) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Persian: آبزن (âbzan) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Persian: کدوخ (kadôx) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Plautdietsch: Bodwaun — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Polish: wanna — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Portuguese: banheira — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Romanian: cadă — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Russian: ва́нна (vánna) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Sardinian: bagnera — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Scottish Gaelic: amar-ionnlaid — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Serbo-Croatian: када — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Serbo-Croatian: kada — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Slovak: vaňa — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Slovene: kad — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Slovene: banja — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Spanish: bañera — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Spanish: bañadera — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Spanish: tina — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Swedish: badkar — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Tagalog: banyera — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Tajik: ванна (vanna) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Thai: อ่างอาบน้ํา (àang-àap-náam) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Turkish: küvet — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Turkmen: wanna — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Ukrainian: ва́нна (vánna) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Uzbek: vanna — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Vietnamese: bể tắm — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Vietnamese: bồn tắm — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Volapük: banatüb — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Welsh: twb ymolchi — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Yiddish: וואַנע (vane) — large container in which a person may bathe
  • Yiddish: ביטל (bitl) — large container in which a person may bathe
Real reading context

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