bathroom

A1 Topic:House & Home

US /ˈbæθˌɹum/ UK /ˈbɑːθɹʊm/ See IPA manual

Freq #1294

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1

noun
A room with a bath or shower, usually also a sink and toilet.

We are looking for a house with at least two bathrooms.
2

noun
A room with a toilet, especially in American English.

Excuse me, where is the bathroom?

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1 noun · a room with a bath or... bath

2 noun · a room with a toilet,... toilet

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Forms bathrooms

Derived forms bathroomettebathroomfulbathroomgoerbathroomishbathroomlessbathroomlikebathroomwarebathroomymultibathroom

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English bathroom From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).

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# bathroom

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbæθˌɹum/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɑːθɹʊm/
**Frequency rank:** 1294

## Meanings
1. A room with a bath or shower, usually also a sink and toilet.
2. A room with a toilet, especially in American English.

## Examples
- We are looking for a house with at least two bathrooms.
- Excuse me, where is the bathroom?

## Synonyms
- bog
- bogger
- brasco
- can
- carsey
- cloaca
- closet
- cludgie
- cottage
- cr
- crapper
- dike

## Derived Forms
- bathroomette
- bathroomful
- bathroomgoer
- bathroomish
- bathroomless
- bathroomlike
- bathroomware
- bathroomy
- multibathroom

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English bathroom From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).

## AI Etymology
Bathroom comes from bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”). Bathroom's historical chain begins with Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- and Proto-Germanic *baþą and later passes through Proto-West Germanic *rūm, Old English rūm, Middle English roum, English room, English bathroom.

## Topics
- House & Home

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