bathroom
//ˈbɑːθɹʊm//
Forms
- Plural
- bathrooms
- present (v1)
- bathroom
- past (v2)
- bathroomed
- past participle (v3)
- bathroomed
- present participle
- bathrooming
- 3rd person singular
- bathrooms
Definitions
1.A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
- I wash in the bathroom.
2.A lavatory: 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'.
1.To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2228
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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