bathroom
English edit
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Etymology edit
From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːθ.ɹuːm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæθˌɹum/, /ˈbæθɹʊm/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbæθ.ɹuːm/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -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)
- I wash in the bathroom.
Audio (US) (file)
- I wash in the bathroom.
- (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, 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.
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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.