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bath en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• bäth trap–bath split
• /bɑːθ/ trap–bath split
• /bæθ/ without the trap–bath split
• [baθ~bäθ] (Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland)
• [bäːt̪ʰ] (India, North)
• [bäːt̪] (India, South)
• (US) audio
• [bæθ~bɛəθ~beəθ] (Canada, US)
• /bɐːθ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• băth without the trap–bath split
• [bɑːθ] (General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).

Meanings

1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
   • Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. 1842, Joseph Gwilt, Encyclopaedia of Architecture:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
   alt of bathroom
   • The master bath has two sinks.
4. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
5. Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
   • Do you prefer baths or showers?
6. An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
   • Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 156:
7. The body of liquid one bathes in.
8. (broadly) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
   • a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air
   • While the yarn is soaking in its water and vinegar bath, I prepare a selection of dyes for my preferred colorway. 2026, Katherine Augustine, “Dyeing in the Baking Aisle”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 35:
   • He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it. 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:

Forms

Deriveds

blanket bath · postbath · half bath · fire-bath · bathlike · couldn't run a bath · dirt bath · oil bath · firebath · bathless · footbath · throw out the baby with the bath water · bath chair · bath blanket · sitz bath · draw a bath · gannets' bath · foam bath · sulphur bath · trap-bath split · electric bath · whore's bath · bathware · silver bath · gannet's bath · bathhouse · monobath · oilbath · shath · whirlpool bath · bubble bath · corner bath · water bath · bathwear · bathwards · bath water · prebath · ultrasonic bath · bath-house · sunbath · Turkish bath · shower bath · Roman bath · bath tub · myobath · bath-man · bitch bath · bath time · bath man · Medlow Bath · run a bath · moonbath · half-bath · sun-bath · foot-bath · bath pearl · bath crystal · throw the baby out with the bath water · birdbath · bath bomb · dyebath · bath towel · bath scraper · bathrobe · vapour bath · bathroom · hip bath · bed bath · foot bath · aerotone bath · ice bath · bathful · air-bath · bathwater · bath tissue · bathkeeper · catbath · bloodbath · spin bath · spa bath · eyebath · blood bath · powder bath · sound bath · sun bath · bath sponge · plunge bath · bathplug · Bath County · bed-bath · sulfur bath · bath-brush · whore bath · steam bath · bath book · Matlock Bath · have a bath · bathinette · bath sheet · tin bath · negative bath · swan's bath · bath dodger · bath suit · earth bath · bath salts · cryobath · bath kimono · bird bath · sponge bath · tongue bath · mud bath · tongue-bath · early bath · bath salt · intrabath · spit bath · showerbath · bathman · bathward · bathtime · bath room · starbath · bath mat · bath cube · bathtub · take a bath · water-bath · Nauheim bath · gong bath · Russian bath · dust bath · hydrobath · afterbath · bath bead · sand bath · air bath · swimming bath · compressed-air bath · bathe

Descendants

bàth · báfu

Synonyms

bain

Translations (325)

nl bad (tub) · it bagno (building or area where bathing occurs) · ar حَمَّام (tub) · ja 入浴 (act of bathing) · tl paligo (tub) · it bagno (act of bathing) · tg ваннахона (building or area where bathing occurs) · cu банꙗ (building or area where bathing occurs) · fur bagn (act of bathing) · pl kąpiel (act of bathing) · cmn 浴盆 (tub) · he רַחֲצָה (act of bathing) · fa-ira حَمَّام (building or area where bathing occurs) · tk wanna (tub) · nb badekar (tub) · ja 浴場 (building or area where bathing occurs) · sw bafu (tub) · ro cadă (tub) · enm bath (building or area where bathing occurs) · kea bónhe (act of bathing) · af bad (tub) · sl kopel (act of bathing) · bar Båd (building or area where bathing occurs) · kmr hemam (building or area where bathing occurs) · br kibell (tub) · hu fürdő (building or area where bathing occurs) · tl paliligo (act of bathing) · fur bagn (building or area where bathing occurs) · hi स्नानागार (building or area where bathing occurs) · co bagnu (act of bathing) · ia camera de banio (building or area where bathing occurs) · kea banhu (act of bathing) · da badeværelse (building or area where bathing occurs) · be ба́ня (act of bathing) · th อ่างอาบน้ำ (tub) · cs koupání (act of bathing) · ko 목욕 (act of bathing) · ja 浴槽 (tub) · grc λουτήρ (tub) · it stanza da bagno (building or area where bathing occurs) · sk kúpeľ (act of bathing) · uk ку́пиль (act of bathing) · hrx Baad (act of bathing) · km បន្ទប់ទឹក (building or area where bathing occurs) · sh kupaónica (building or area where bathing occurs) · tk wanna otagy (building or area where bathing occurs) · pt banho (act of bathing) · ja 風呂場 (building or area where bathing occurs) · cmn 澡盆 (tub) · el μπανιάρισμα (act of bathing) · da bad (act of bathing) · ro baie (act of bathing) · pt banheiro (building or area where bathing occurs) · sv kar (tub) · az vanna (tub) · la lavacrum (tub) · sh káda (tub) · de Bad (building or area where bathing occurs) · mi kauranga (tub) · ky ванна бөлмөсү (building or area where bathing occurs) · uk купа́льня (building or area where bathing occurs) · hu fürdőzés (act of bathing) · bg баня (real estate: bathroom) · ta குளியல் தொட்டி (tub) · el λούσιμο (act of bathing) · grc λουτρόν (building or area where bathing occurs) · izh kylpy (act of bathing) · ug ۋاننا (tub) · alt ванна (tub) · br kibelladenn (tub) · pdt Bod (act of bathing) · pt banheira (tub) · be ва́нны пако́й (building or area where bathing occurs) · cs koupelna (building or area where bathing occurs) · uz hammom (building or area where bathing occurs) · tt ванна (tub) · acw بَانْيُو (tub) · km អាងងូតទឹក (tub) · ro baie (building or area where bathing occurs) · et vann (tub) · ko 욕조 (tub) · ca cambra de bany (building or area where bathing occurs) · is baðherbergi (building or area where bathing occurs) · tr banyo (building or area where bathing occurs) · vi buồng tắm (building or area where bathing occurs) · tr banyo (act of bathing) · mba taglangoy (tub) · vi bồn tắm (tub) · fi kylpy (body of liquid one bathes in) · la balneum (building or area where bathing occurs) · sl kopališče (building or area where bathing occurs) · es bañera (tub) · hu fürdőszoba (real estate: bathroom) · tg ванна (tub) · fi kylpy (substance or preparation in which something is immersed) · bg баня (substance or preparation in which something is immersed) · io balno (act of bathing) · prs حَمَّام (building or area where bathing occurs) · es baño (building or area where bathing occurs) · sh kupaóna (building or area where bathing occurs) · ar مَغْطِس (tub) · yi וואַשצימער (building or area where bathing occurs) · hu kád (tub) · fi kylpyamme (tub) · txb laiko (act of bathing) · arz حما (act of bathing) · af bad (act of bathing) · fa-ira گَرْمابِه (building or area where bathing occurs) · el μπάνιο (building or area where bathing occurs) · he אַמְבַּטְיָה (tub) · ht beny (tub) · az hamamxana (building or area where bathing occurs) · fr baignoire (tub) · fi pesuhuone (real estate: bathroom) · sv badkar (tub) · da badekar (tub) · ko 욕실 (building or area where bathing occurs) · hu fürdőkád (tub) · sh купао́на (building or area where bathing occurs) · tg ҳаммом (building or area where bathing occurs) · grc λουτρόν (act of bathing) · lv vannasistaba (building or area where bathing occurs) · cs koupel (act of bathing) · el μπανιέρα (tub) · kk монша (building or area where bathing occurs) · arz بانيو (tub) · ug مۇنچا (building or area where bathing occurs) · hu fürdés (act of bathing) · ba мунса (building or area where bathing occurs) · it vasca da bagno (tub) · be ва́нна (tub) · ngh batsi (tub) · bg ба́ня (act of bathing) · cmn 浴缸 (tub) · mi tāpu (tub) · nl badkamer (building or area where bathing occurs) · cy baddon (tub) · ky ванналуу бөлмө (building or area where bathing occurs) · tt мунча (building or area where bathing occurs) · et vannituba (building or area where bathing occurs) · tl ligo (act of bathing) · ta குளியல் (act of bathing) · gd taigh-ionnlaid (building or area where bathing occurs) · vi tắm rửa (act of bathing) · pl łazienka (building or area where bathing occurs) · sk kúpeľňa (building or area where bathing occurs) · scn bagnu (act of bathing) · ar اِسْتِحْمَام (act of bathing) · gl baño (building or area where bathing occurs) · bar Bod (act of bathing) · bg къ́пане (act of bathing) · el λουτρό (act of bathing) · ug ھاممام (building or area where bathing occurs) · ru ба́ня (act of bathing) · hy վաննա (tub) · be ла́зня (act of bathing) · vi phòng tắm (building or area where bathing occurs) · uk купа́ння (act of bathing) · te స్నానము (act of bathing) · la lavācrum (act of bathing) · ia cuppa de banio (tub) · cmn 洗澡 (act of bathing) · sl banja (tub) · af badkamer (building or area where bathing occurs) · fi kylpyhuone (building or area where bathing occurs) · uk ва́нна (tub) · sl kopalnica (building or area where bathing occurs) · ka აბანო (building or area where bathing occurs) · tk hammam (building or area where bathing occurs) · hy լոգարան (building or area where bathing occurs) · ps حمام (building or area where bathing occurs) · de Badewanne (tub) · tt ванна бүлмәсе (building or area where bathing occurs) · orv банꙗ (building or area where bathing occurs) · sv badrum (building or area where bathing occurs) · fi kylpyhuone (real estate: bathroom) · ja 沐浴 (act of bathing) · tr yunu (act of bathing) · uk лазни́чка (building or area where bathing occurs) · et vann (act of bathing) · az hamam (building or area where bathing occurs) · cy bàth (act of bathing) · ckb ئاودەست (building or area where bathing occurs) · vi tắm gội (act of bathing) · gd snàmh (act of bathing) · vi rửa ráy (act of bathing) · cs vana (tub) · sk vaňa (tub) · cmn 沐浴 (act of bathing) · ca bany (act of bathing) · ota حمام (building or area where bathing occurs) · kw bath (tub) · ceb ligo (tub) · hy լոգանք (act of bathing) · ca bany (building or area where bathing occurs) · be купа́нне (act of bathing) · es baño (act of bathing) · gd amar (tub) · el μπάνιο (act of bathing) · rm bogn (building or area where bathing occurs) · ar مِغْطَس (tub) · ota حمام (act of bathing) · sk kúpanie (act of bathing) · fi kylpy (act of bathing) · el λουτήρας (tub) · gd nigh (act of bathing) · sv bad (act of bathing) · el λουτρό (building or area where bathing occurs) · is pottur (tub) · sw bafu (building or area where bathing occurs) · bg ва́на (tub) · sh купао́ница (building or area where bathing occurs) · tr küvet (tub) · nb bad (act of bathing) · nl bad (act of bathing) · uk ва́нна кімна́та (building or area where bathing occurs) · mk када (tub) · ar اِغْتِسَال (act of bathing) · nb baderom (building or area where bathing occurs) · ru ба́ня (building or area where bathing occurs) · br sal-gibellañ (building or area where bathing occurs) · sh купа̏тило (building or area where bathing occurs) · bn গোসলখানা (building or area where bathing occurs) · kmr banyo (building or area where bathing occurs) · cy baddondy (building or area where bathing occurs) · de Baden (act of bathing) · la lavātio (act of bathing) · ka აბაზანა (tub) · gd ballan-ionnlaide (tub) · it bagno (tub) · ky ванна (tub) · gd failc (act of bathing) · fur bagn (tub) · tr yunak (building or area where bathing occurs) · ko 목욕실 (building or area where bathing occurs) · mk купатило (building or area where bathing occurs) · ky кирингич (tub) · ckb بانیۆ (tub) · ka სააბაზანო ოთახი (building or area where bathing occurs) · tr hamam (building or area where bathing occurs) · ja 浴室 (building or area where bathing occurs) · uz moʻrcha (building or area where bathing occurs) · ru ва́нна (act of bathing) · kk ванна бөлмесі (building or area where bathing occurs) · fi amme (tub) · fr bain (tub) · lt vonia (tub) · prs گَرْمَابَه (building or area where bathing occurs) · el βαλανείον (building or area where bathing occurs) · fa-ira وان (tub) · nl badkuip (tub) · enm bath (tub) · br koronkat (act of bathing) · la balneum (tub) · ta குளியலறை (building or area where bathing occurs) · ja 湯浴み (act of bathing) · sh ка́да (tub) · be ва́нная (building or area where bathing occurs) · ca bany (tub) · hu fürdő (real estate: bathroom) · ckb خۆ شوشتن (act of bathing) · ru мытьё (act of bathing) · pl wanna (tub) · nb bad (building or area where bathing occurs) · ia banio (act of bathing) · eo bano (body of liquid one bathes in) · ka დაბანა (act of bathing) · el μπάνιο (tub) · ru купа́ние (act of bathing) · de Bad (act of bathing) · ar مُغْسَل (tub) · fi kylpylä (building or area where bathing occurs) · ky баня (tub) · sh kupȁtilo (building or area where bathing occurs) · grc βαλανεῖον (building or area where bathing occurs) · ja 湯船 (tub) · enm bath (act of bathing) · te స్నానపు తొట్టె (tub) · cmn 浴室 (building or area where bathing occurs) · ka სააბაზანო (building or area where bathing occurs) · vi tắm (act of bathing) · uz vannaxona (building or area where bathing occurs) · et kümblus (act of bathing) · oc banh (act of bathing) · fr bain (act of bathing) · uz vanna (tub) · bar Båd (act of bathing) · th ห้องน้ำ (building or area where bathing occurs) · es cuarto de baño (building or area where bathing occurs) · sq banjë (building or area where bathing occurs) · uk ла́зня (act of bathing) · gd seòmar-ionnlaid (building or area where bathing occurs) · ar حَمَّام (building or area where bathing occurs) · te స్నానాల గది (building or area where bathing occurs) · ckb ئاودەستخانە (building or area where bathing occurs) · io balnuyo (tub) · bar Bod (tub) · ja 風呂 (tub) · mk бања (building or area where bathing occurs) · bg ба́ня (building or area where bathing occurs) · sl kad (tub) · ang bæþ (tub) · os абана (building or area where bathing occurs) · cy bàth (tub) · pl łaźnia (building or area where bathing occurs) · ur غُسْل خانَہ (building or area where bathing occurs) · gl baño (act of bathing) · lt vonia (building or area where bathing occurs) · hy բաղնիք (building or area where bathing occurs) · ky мончо (building or area where bathing occurs) · ast bañu (act of bathing) · ru ва́нна (tub) · gd ionnlaid (act of bathing) · lmo bagn (act of bathing) · ar مُغْتَسَل (building or area where bathing occurs) · fr salle de bains (building or area where bathing occurs) · mk капење (act of bathing) · kk ванна (tub) · gl bañeira (tub) · ps لمبل ځای (building or area where bathing occurs) · bar Bod (building or area where bathing occurs) · eo bano (substance or preparation in which something is immersed) · sa स्नान (act of bathing) · ru ва́нная (building or area where bathing occurs) · hi स्नान (act of bathing)

bath en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• bäth trap–bath split
• /bɑːθ/ trap–bath split
• /bæθ/ without the trap–bath split
• [baθ~bäθ] (Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland)
• [bäːt̪ʰ] (India, North)
• [bäːt̪] (India, South)
• (US) audio
• [bæθ~bɛəθ~beəθ] (Canada, US)
• /bɐːθ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• băth without the trap–bath split
• [bɑːθ] (General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, transitive) To wash a person or animal in a bath.
   • For grooming at home, obviously the choice is yours whether you wish to bath the dog in your own bath or sink, or if you want to buy one specifically for the purpose. 2006, Sue Dallas, Diana North, Joanne Angus, Grooming Manual for the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 91:
   • If you find bathing stressfull during the first six weeks, only bath your baby once or twice a week. 2007, Robin Barker, Baby Love, →ISBN, page 179:
   • Somewhere to bath the baby: don't invest in a plastic baby bath. The bathroom handbasin is usually a much more convenient place to bath the baby. If your partner is more able, this could be a task he might take on as his, bathing the baby in a basin or plastic bown on the floor. 1990, Mukti Jain Campion, The Baby Challenge: A handbook on pregnancy for women with a physical disability., →ISBN, page 41:
2. (Commonwealth, informal, intransitive) To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.
   • In a flight of fancy, Millot even wanted to create public bath houses alongside the Seine, so young children could bath in the river’s healthful waters. 2007, “Doctors, Regeneration, and the Revolutionary Crucible, 1789-1804”, in Sean M. Quinlan, The Great Nation in Decline (The History of Medicine in Context), Aldershot: Ashgate, →ISBN, page 140:
   • A man's home may be handy to the mine, in which case he would not need to lose the bath, but if he lived any distance away he would bath at the mine. 1912, James Ward, quotee, “Report on the Royal Commission on Mines”, in Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, Wellington, page 141:
   • “Oh, dear no, not me; I never bath, ’tis the cat has been bathing, in a warm sea bath; I’ll tell you how I manage: I bought a large pickle-jar, and so I have it filled every morning with hot sea water, proportionate to the thermometerical heat my finger can bear, and that I stile Tink-a-tink’s bath; in which I immerge him all but his head, for a quarter of an hour; and he looks so pretty, and receives so much benefit, you would be surprised.” 1815, anonymous author, The Observant Pedestrian Mounted, volume 3:
   • Parents would bath after all the children had gone to bed or older children sent into the front room. 2017 February 9, “Very Early Spring”, in Jean A. Stockdale, My Spring: Royal Times and Ordinary Lives, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 17:

Forms

Translations (37)

nn bada (to wash in a bath) · is baða (to wash in a bath) · nn bade (to wash in a bath) · sk kúpať (to wash in a bath) · ru помы́ть (to wash in a bath) · hu fürdet (to wash in a bath) · et vannitama (to wash in a bath) · enm bathen (to wash in a bath) · de baden (to wash in a bath) · fo baða (to wash in a bath) · pl kąpać (to wash in a bath) · vi tắm bồn (to wash in a bath) · ru купа́ть (to wash in a bath) · sv bada (to wash in a bath) · tl paliguan (to wash in a bath) · vi tắm (to wash in a bath) · grc λούω (to wash in a bath) · nb bade (to wash in a bath) · tr yıkamak (to wash in a bath) · eo bani (to wash in a bath) · pl wykąpać (to wash in a bath) · sk vykúpať (to wash in a bath) · sk okúpať (to wash in a bath) · ru вы́мыть (to wash in a bath) · es bañar (to wash in a bath) · ru мыть (to wash in a bath) · tr banyo yaptırmak (to wash in a bath) · la lavo (to wash in a bath) · bg къпя (to wash in a bath) · cy rhoi bath (to wash in a bath) · fi kylvettää (to wash in a bath) · gl bañar (to wash in a bath) · ta குளி (to wash in a bath) · fr baigner (to wash in a bath) · pt banhar (to wash in a bath) · da bade (to wash in a bath) · ru искупа́ть (to wash in a bath)

bath en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• bäth trap–bath split
• /bɑːθ/ trap–bath split
• /bæθ/ without the trap–bath split
• [baθ~bäθ] (Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland)
• [bäːt̪ʰ] (India, North)
• [bäːt̪] (India, South)
• (US) audio
• [bæθ~bɛəθ~beəθ] (Canada, US)
• /bɐːθ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• băth without the trap–bath split
• [bɑːθ] (General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).

Meanings

1. (historical) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).
   • Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 1769, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel, 45:10–11

Forms

Meronyms

kab (1⁄18 bath) (liquid volume) · log (1⁄72 bath) (liquid volume) · cab (liquid volume) · hin (1⁄6 bath) (liquid volume) · cor (liquid volume) · kor (liquid volume) · homer (liquid volume) · chomer (10 baths) (liquid volume)

Translations (1)

cy bàth (unit of liquid volume)