English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (“bathhouse”), equivalent to bath + house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (“bathhouse”), German Badehaus (“bathhouse”), Danish badehus (“bathhouse”), Swedish badhus (“bathhouse”).
bathhouse (plural bathhouses)
- A building with baths for communal use.
- A building where swimmers can change clothes.
- A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
Usage notes[edit]
- Not to be confused with bathouse (“a shelter for bats”).
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a building with baths for communal use
- Abkhaz: аҳамам (aḥamam), абана (abana)
- Arabic: حَمَّام (ar) m (ḥammām)
- Armenian: բաղնիք (hy) (baġnikʿ)
- Azerbaijani: hamam (az), hamamxana
- Bashkir: мунса (munsa)
- Belarusian: ла́зня f (láznja), ба́ня f (bánja)
- Bulgarian: ба́ня (bg) f (bánja)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 澡堂 (zh) (zǎotáng), 浴堂 (zh) (yùtáng), 浴池 (zh) (yùchí)
- Chuvash: мунча (munč̬a)
- Czech: lázně (cs) f pl
- Danish: badehus n
- Dutch: badhuis (nl) n
- Esperanto: banejo
- Estonian: avalik saun
- Finnish: kylpylä (fi)
- French: bains (fr) m pl
- Galician: baño (gl) m
- Georgian: აბანო (ka) (abano)
- German: Badehaus (de) n, Bad (de) n, Badeanstalt (de) f
- Greek: λουτρώνας (el) m (loutrónas), βαλανείο (el) n (valaneío)
- Ancient Greek: λουτρών m (loutrṓn), βαλανεῖον n (balaneîon)
- Hebrew: מֶרְחָץ (he) m (merkháts)
- Hindi: ग़ुस्लख़ाना m (ġuslaxānā)
- Hungarian: fürdő (hu)
- Japanese: 浴場 (ja) (よくじょう, yokujō), 銭湯 (ja) (せんとう, sentō)
- Kazakh: монша (monşa)
- Korean: 목욕탕(沐浴湯) (ko) (mogyoktang)
- Kyrgyz: мончо (ky) (monco)
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: חאמאם
- Roman: ḥamam
- Lao: ຫໍສົງນ້ຳ (hǭ song nam), ຫໍສົງ (hǭ song)
- Latin: balneae f pl
- Latvian: pirts (lv) m
- Lithuanian: pirtis m
- Macedonian: ба́ња f (bánja)
- Nogai: амам (amam)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: badehus n
- Old English: bæþhūs n
- Ossetian: абана (abana)
- Persian: گرمابه (fa) (garmâbe), حمام (fa) (hammâm)
- Polish: łaźnia (pl) f
- Portuguese: casa de banho (pt) f, terma (pt) f
- Russian: ба́ня (ru) f (bánja)
- Sami:
- Kildin Sami: ба̄йна (bājna)
- Spanish: casa de baños f
- Swedish: badhus (sv) n
- Tajik: ҳаммом (hammom)
- Tatar: мунча (tt) (munça)
- Thai: ห้องอาบน้ำ
- Turkish: banyo (tr), hamam (tr)
- Turkmen: hammam
- Ukrainian: ла́зня (uk) f (láznja), ба́ня (uk) f (bánja)
- Uyghur: سەراپ (serap), ھاممام (hammam), مۇنچا (muncha)
- Uzbek: hammom (uz), moʻrcha (uz)
- Yakut: суунурҕан (suunurğan)
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a building where swimmers change clothes
