Dictionary

cloakroom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkləʊkɹuːm/
• /ˈkləʊkɹʊm/
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Etymology

From cloak + room.

Meanings

1. A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
2. (India, Ireland, UK) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
3. A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
4. (Ireland, UK, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
   • Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath. 1989, P. D. James, Devices and Desires:

Forms

Coordinates

ladies' cloakroom (lavatory for women) · ladies' cloakroom (coatroom for women) · powder room (lavatory for women)

Deriveds

ladies' cloakroom · cloakroom attendant · cloakroom ticket

Synonyms

half bath (small secondary lavatory) · coat check (room for storing heavy outer garments) · coatroom (room for storing heavy outer garments) · toilet (small secondary lavatory) · cloaks (all senses) · bathroom (lavatory) · half bathroom (small secondary lavatory) · checkroom (room for storing heavy outer garments) · lost and found (room for luggage) · left-luggage office (room for luggage) · baggage room (room for luggage)

Translations (59)

nb garderobe (room for coats) · pl bagażownia (room for luggage) · it guardaroba (room for coats) · fi matkatavarasäilytys (room for luggage) · sv bagageförvaring (room for luggage) · hu csomagmegőrző (room for luggage) · ru ка́мера хране́ния (room for luggage) · ro cameră de bagaje (room for luggage) · es consigna de equipajes (room for luggage) · nl garderobe (room for coats) · nl vestiaire (room for coats) · ca guarda-roba (room for coats) · sh garderóba (room for luggage) · sh garderóba (room for coats) · cmn 寄物處 /寄物处 (room for luggage) · de Gepäckaufbewahrung (room for luggage) · de Gepäcksaufbewahrung (room for luggage) · fi vaatehuone (room for coats) · pl kuluar (private lounge) · nn garderobe (room for coats) · cs šatna (room for coats) · pt bengaleiro (room for coats) · sv bagageförvaringsutrymme (room for luggage) · fi narikka (room for coats) · bg гардероб (room for luggage) · bg кулоари (private lounge) · gl gardarroupa (room for coats) · bg гардероб (room for coats) · fo viðførisgoymsla (room for luggage) · he מלתחה (room for coats) · es sala de equipajes (room for luggage) · pl przechowalnia (room for luggage) · hu ruhatár (room for coats) · ru гардеро́б (room for coats) · tr vestiyer (room for luggage) · it deposito (room for luggage) · pt sala de bagagem (room for luggage) · fi vaatesäilö (room for coats) · de Garderobe (room for coats) · fr consigne (room for luggage) · ga seomra cótaí (room for coats) · ru гардеробное помещение (room for coats) · it deposito bagagli (room for luggage) · kk гардероб (room for coats) · pl szatnia (room for coats) · uk гардеро́б (room for coats) · ro garderobă (room for coats) · de Kleideraufbewahrung (room for coats) · es guardarropa (room for coats) · fr vestiaire (room for coats) · mk гардеро́ба (room for coats) · tr vestiyer (room for coats) · he חדר שמירת חפצים (room for luggage) · cmn 寄物處 /寄物处 (room for coats) · uk роздяга́льня (room for coats) · da garderobe (room for coats) · fa رختکن (room for coats) · sv garderob (room for coats) · fo klædnagoymsla (room for coats)