bath

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English [edit]

A western-style bathtub

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhe- (“to warm”). Cognate with Dutch bad (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”), Danish bad (“bath”), Icelandic bað (“bath”), German bähen (“to foment”). More at beath.

Noun [edit]

bath (plural baths)

  1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
  2. A room or area where bathing occurs: bathroom.
  3. The act of bathing.
  4. A substance or preparation into which something is immersed.
    • 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
      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.
Usage notes [edit]

Sense 3. is usually to take (US) or have (UK, Aus) a bath. See also Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
tub
room
act of bathing
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Verb [edit]

bath (third-person singular simple present baths, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)

  1. (transitive) To wash a person or animal in a bath
    • 1990, Mukti Jain Campion, The Baby Challenge: A handbook on pregnancy for women with a physical disability.[1], ISBN 0415048591, page 41:
      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.
    • 2006, Sue Dallas, Diana North and Joanne Angus, Grooming Manual for the Dog and Cat[2], ISBN 1405111836, page 91:
      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.
    • 2007, Robin Barker, Baby Love[3], ISBN 17770075445, page 179:
      If you find bathing stressfull during the first six weeks, only bath your baby once or twice a week.
Translations [edit]
To wash a person or animal in a bath

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Hebrew בַּת (bath).

Noun [edit]

bath (plural baths)

  1. (biblical) An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid volume measure, equal to an ephah and to one-tenth of a homer, and approximately equal to 22 litres.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Book of Ezekiel, 45:10–11,
      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.

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French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English proper noun Bath where this paper was originally made.

Noun [edit]

bath m (plural baths)

  1. English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.

Adjective [edit]

bath (masculine and feminine, plural baths)

  1. Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
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