Dictionary

bathhouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæθˌhaʊs/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (“bathhouse”), equivalent to bath + house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (“bathhouse”), German Badehaus (“bathhouse”), German Low German Baadhuus, Boodhuus (“bathhouse”), Danish badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Bokmål badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Nynorsk badehus (“bathhouse”), Swedish badhus (“bathhouse”).

Meanings

1. A building with baths for communal use.
   • The landslide hit Xiangning county in Shanxi province early Friday evening, provincial authorities said. Two residential buildings, home to a total of 14 households, and a public bathhouse collapsed under the weight of the falling earth. 2019 March 16, “North China landslide knocks over homes, killing 7”, in AP News, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2023:
   • […] a plethora of taverns, victuals, brew houses, hostelries, bathhouses, brothels, bearbaiting and bullbaiting arenas jostled for space with shops of stockfishmongers, garlicmongers, and bakemongers. 2009, Rona Sharon, Royal Blood:
2. A building where swimmers can change clothes.
3. A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

Forms

Deriveds

Bathhouse Barry

Translations (95)

kk монша (building with baths for communal use) · pt vestiário (building where swimmers change clothes) · tr hamam (building with baths for communal use) · ru раздева́лка (building where swimmers change clothes) · prs گَرْمَابَه (building with baths for communal use) · de Badeanstalt (building with baths for communal use) · mk соблекува́лна (building where swimmers change clothes) · el λουτρώνας (building with baths for communal use) · lo ຫໍສົງນ້ຳ (building with baths for communal use) · cmn 浴池 (building with baths for communal use) · sjd ба̄йна (building with baths for communal use) · tk hammam (building with baths for communal use) · os абана (building with baths for communal use) · ru ба́ня (building with baths for communal use) · be ла́зня (building with baths for communal use) · eo banejo (building with baths for communal use) · az hamam (building with baths for communal use) · sq banjë (building with baths for communal use) · lad חאמאם (building with baths for communal use) · uk ба́ня (building with baths for communal use) · pl szatnia (building where swimmers change clothes) · tt мунча (building with baths for communal use) · el βαλανείο (building with baths for communal use) · ky мончо (building with baths for communal use) · fa-ira گَرْمابِه (building with baths for communal use) · uk перевдяга́льня (building where swimmers change clothes) · ro baie (building with baths for communal use) · lt pirtis (building with baths for communal use) · ab аҳамам (building with baths for communal use) · cmn 澡堂 (building with baths for communal use) · be ба́ня (building with baths for communal use) · grc λουτρών (building with baths for communal use) · ug ھاممام (building with baths for communal use) · uz hammom (building with baths for communal use) · nn badehus (building with baths for communal use) · de Bad (building with baths for communal use) · sah суунурҕан (building with baths for communal use) · lo ຫໍສົງ (building with baths for communal use) · tg ҳаммом (building with baths for communal use) · hi ग़ुस्लख़ाना (building with baths for communal use) · lv pirts (building with baths for communal use) · bg ба́ня (building with baths for communal use) · tg гармоба (building with baths for communal use) · sv badhus (building with baths for communal use) · ab абана (building with baths for communal use) · ar حَمَّام (building with baths for communal use) · ka აბანო (building with baths for communal use) · he מרחץ \ מֶרְחָץ (building with baths for communal use) · pt terma (building with baths for communal use) · pt casa de banho (building with baths for communal use) · alt мылча (building with baths for communal use) · gl baño (building with baths for communal use) · lad ḥamam (building with baths for communal use) · ang bæþhūs (building with baths for communal use) · cv мунча (building with baths for communal use) · hy բաղնիք (building with baths for communal use) · es casa de baños (building with baths for communal use) · prs حَمَّام (building with baths for communal use) · fi kylpylä (building with baths for communal use) · ota حمام (building with baths for communal use) · fr bains (building with baths for communal use) · la balneae (building with baths for communal use) · nl badhuis (building with baths for communal use) · ja 銭湯 (building with baths for communal use) · ps حمام (building with baths for communal use) · cs lázně (building with baths for communal use) · ug مۇنچا (building with baths for communal use) · de Badehaus (building with baths for communal use) · nds-de Boodhuus (building with baths for communal use) · vi nhà tắm (building with baths for communal use) · mk ба́ња (building with baths for communal use) · th ห้องอาบน้ำ (building with baths for communal use) · cmn 浴堂 (building with baths for communal use) · da badehus (building with baths for communal use) · ko 목욕탕 (building with baths for communal use) · hu fürdő (building with baths for communal use) · fa-ira حَمَّام (building with baths for communal use) · uk ла́зня (building with baths for communal use) · kmr banyo (building with baths for communal use) · ug سەراپ (building with baths for communal use) · pl łaźnia (building with baths for communal use) · kmr hemam (building with baths for communal use) · nds-de Baadhuus (building with baths for communal use) · ja 浴場 (building with baths for communal use) · pl przebieralnia (building where swimmers change clothes) · az hamamxana (building with baths for communal use) · et avalik saun (building with baths for communal use) · ba мунса (building with baths for communal use) · nb badehus (building with baths for communal use) · ur غُسْل خانَہ (building with baths for communal use) · ru раздева́льня (building where swimmers change clothes) · uz moʻrcha (building with baths for communal use) · hi ग़ुसलख़ाना (building with baths for communal use) · grc βαλανεῖον (building with baths for communal use) · nog амам (building with baths for communal use)