Meanings
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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.
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noun
A room with a toilet, especially in American English.
Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Word family
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”).