bathroom
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːθɹʊm/, /ˈbɑːθɹuːm/
Audio (UK): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæθˌɹum/, /ˈbæθɹʊm/
Audio (US): (file) - (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbæθɹʊm/, /ˈbæθɹuːm/
- Rhymes: -ʊm, -uːm
Noun
[edit]bathroom (plural bathrooms)
- A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom
- Hypernym: room
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemistic) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
- Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
Usage notes
[edit]From the beginning of the 20th century, bathroom has been the generic word for a room with toilet facilities in American English,[1] whereas Britons have continued to say lavatory relatively more frequently, and often loo or WC for a room with a toilet but no bath.
In some contexts, bathroom refers more particularly to the toilet facilities of a private residence, distinguished from public buildings' restrooms (US), washrooms (Canada), men's rooms, ladies' rooms, etc.
Derived terms
[edit]- bathroom bag
- bathroom bill
- bathroom break
- bathroomette
- bathroomful
- bathroomgoer
- bathroomish
- bathroomless
- bathroomlike
- bathroom scales
- bathroom singer
- bathroom tissue
- bathroomware
- bathroomy
- do you need to use the bathroom
- full bathroom
- go to the bathroom
- half bathroom
- multibathroom
- quarter bathroom
- split bathroom
- three-quarter bathroom
- use the bathroom
Descendants
[edit]Translations
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Verb
[edit]bathroom (third-person singular simple present bathrooms, present participle bathrooming, simple past and past participle bathroomed)
- (medicine, transitive) To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.
References
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