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bathroom

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See also:bath room

English

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A bathroom with primitive toilet in the UK'sBeamish Museum.
A public bathroom (restroom) in the United States.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₁-
Proto-Germanic*baþą
Proto-West Germanic*baþ
Old Englishbæþ
Middle Englishbath
Englishbath
Proto-West Germanic*rūm
Old Englishrūm
Middle Englishroum
Englishroom
Englishbathroom

    Frombath +‎room. CompareDutchbadkamer(“bathroom”),GermanBadezimmer(“bathroom”),Swedishbadrum(“bathroom”),Faroesebaðrúm(“bathroom”).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bathroom (pluralbathrooms)

    1. Aroomcontaining ashower and/orbathtub, and(typically but not necessarily) atoilet.
      Synonyms:seeThesaurus:bathroom
      Hyponyms:seeThesaurus:bathroom
      Hypernym:room
    2. (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemistic) Alavatory(area where one washes or bathes): aroomcontaining atoilet and(typically but not necessarily) abathtub.
      Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.

    Usage notes

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    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 saylavatory relatively more frequently, and oftenloo orWC 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

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    Descendants

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    Translations

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    a room with a bathtub
    room with a toilet—seetoilet
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    Verb

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    bathroom (third-person singular simple presentbathrooms,present participlebathrooming,simple past and past participlebathroomed)

    1. (medicine, transitive) To assist apatient withusing the toilet and general personal hygiene.

    References

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    1. ^“water closet, bathroom, restroom, WC, lavatory, washroom, (mens room + men ' s room), (ladies room + women ' s room + ladies ' room)”, inGoogle Books Ngram Viewer.

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