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restroom

noun · 3 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: /ˈɹɛstˌɹum/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 S T R UW2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, US, euphemistic

Examples

  • Could you tell me where I can find the restroom?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A room (usually in a public building or workplace) set aside for rest and relaxation; breakroom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a toilet that is available to the public

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, convenience, public lavatory, toilet facility, wash room

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: facility, toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom

Narrower terms: ladies' room, powder room, latrine, men's room, men's

History

Etymology

From rest + room, from an earlier sense of "breakroom".

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حُجْرَة التُوَالِيت — public room containing a toilet
  • Arabic: حَمَّام (ḥammām) — public room containing a toilet
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܢܝܵܚܵܐ (bēt nyāḵā) — public room containing a toilet
  • Armenian: զուգարան (zugaran) — public room containing a toilet
  • Bulgarian: тоалетна (toaletna) — public room containing a toilet
  • Catalan: lavabo — public room containing a toilet
  • Catalan: bany — public room containing a toilet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公共廁所 /公共厕所 (gōnggòng cèsuǒ) — public room containing a toilet
  • Dutch: toilet — public room containing a toilet
  • Dutch: WC — public room containing a toilet
  • Finnish: WC — public room containing a toilet
  • Finnish: vessa — public room containing a toilet
  • French: toilettes — public room containing a toilet
  • French: cabinet d'aisance — public room containing a toilet
  • German: Toilette — public room containing a toilet
  • Hebrew: שֵׁרוּתִים (sherutím) — public room containing a toilet
  • Hebrew: נוֹחִיּוּת (noḥiyút) — public room containing a toilet
  • Hungarian: mellékhelyiség — public room containing a toilet
  • Indonesian: kamar mandi — public room containing a toilet
  • Italian: bagno — public room containing a toilet
  • Italian: servizi — public room containing a toilet
  • Italian: toilette — public room containing a toilet
  • Japanese: トイレ (toire) — public room containing a toilet
  • Japanese: お手洗い (otearai) — public room containing a toilet
  • Khmer: បង្គន់សាធារណៈ (bɑngkʊən saathierea’na’) — public room containing a toilet
  • Korean: 화장실 (hwajangsil) — public room containing a toilet
  • Latin: forica — public room containing a toilet
  • Lombard: bagn — public room containing a toilet
  • Lombard: gabinet — public room containing a toilet
  • Lombard: servicî — public room containing a toilet
  • Lombard: cess — public room containing a toilet
  • Macedonian: тоале́т (toalét) — public room containing a toilet
  • Malay: tandas — public room containing a toilet
  • Malay: bilik air — public room containing a toilet
  • Polish: łazienka — public room containing a toilet
  • Polish: ubikacja — public room containing a toilet
  • Polish: WC — public room containing a toilet
  • Polish: kibel — public room containing a toilet
  • Polish: klop — public room containing a toilet
  • Polish: sracz — public room containing a toilet
  • Portuguese: banheiro — public room containing a toilet
  • Portuguese: privada — public room containing a toilet
  • Portuguese: casa de banho — public room containing a toilet
  • Portuguese: quarto de banho — public room containing a toilet
  • Portuguese: lavabo — public room containing a toilet
  • Romanian: toaletă — public room containing a toilet
  • Romanian: WC — public room containing a toilet
  • Russian: туале́т (tualét) — public room containing a toilet
  • Russian: убо́рная (ubórnaja) — public room containing a toilet
  • Saanich: EMETÁU ̧TW̱ — public room containing a toilet
  • Spanish: servicio — public room containing a toilet
  • Spanish: baño — public room containing a toilet
  • Spanish: aseos — public room containing a toilet
  • Spanish: servicios higiénicos — public room containing a toilet
  • Spanish: escusado — public room containing a toilet
  • Spanish: wálter — public room containing a toilet
  • Swedish: toalett — public room containing a toilet
  • Ukrainian: туале́т (tualét) — public room containing a toilet
  • Ukrainian: вбира́льня (vbyrálʹnja) — public room containing a toilet
  • Urdu: جائے ضرور (jā-e-zarūr) — public room containing a toilet
  • Urdu: بیت الخلاء (bait-al-xalā') — public room containing a toilet
  • Urdu: حاجت گاہ (hājat-gāh) — public room containing a toilet
  • Urdu: صحت خانہ (sehat-xāna) — public room containing a toilet
  • Urdu: مستراح (mustarāh) — public room containing a toilet
  • Urdu: پا خانہ (pā-xāna) — public room containing a toilet
  • Urdu: فراغت خانہ (farāġat-xāna) — public room containing a toilet