bathroom

Etymology

From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).

noun

  1. A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
    I wash in the bathroom. Audio (US) (file) 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  2. (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): 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'.

verb

  1. (medicine, transitive) To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.

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