cloakroom

See also: cloak room

English

Alternative forms

• cloak room

Etymology

From cloak +‎ room

Noun

cloakroom (plural cloakrooms)

1. A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater.
2. (British) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
3. A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
4. (British, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.

Synonyms

• (all senses): cloaks
• (room for storing heavy outer garments): coatroom, coat check, checkroom (US)
• (room for lost luggage): lost and found; baggage room (US); left-luggage office (UK)
• (lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (small secondary lavatory): half bath, half bathroom (North America); toilet (NZ)

Coordinate terms

• (coatroom for women): ladies' cloakroom (historical)
• (lavatory for women): powder room; ladies' cloakroom (dated)

Derived terms

• cloakroom attendant
• cloakroom ticket
• cloaks
• ladies' cloakroom

Translations

room for coats

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: гардеробна f (garderobna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: šatna (cs) f
• Danish: garderobe (da) c
• Faroese: klædnagoymsla f
• Finnish: narikka (fi), vaatesäilö, vaatehuone (fi)
• French: garde-robe (fr) f
• German: Garderobe (de) f, Kleideraufbewahrung f
• Hebrew: מלתחה (he) f (meltakha)
• Hungarian: ruhatár (hu)
• Irish: seomra cótaí m
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• Italian: guardaroba (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: garderobe (no) m

  Nynorsk: garderobe m

• Persian: رختکن (fa)
• Polish: szatnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: bengaleiro m
• Romanian: garderoba
• Russian: гардеро́б (ru) m (garderób)
• Serbo-Croatian: garderóba (sh) f
• Spanish: guardarropa (es) m
• Swedish: garderob (sv) c

room for luggage

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: гардероб (bg) m (garderob)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: viðførisgoymsla f
• Finnish: matkatavarasäilytys
• French: consigne (fr) f
• German: Gepäcksaufbewahrung, Gepäckaufbewahrung f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
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• Italian: deposito (it) m, deposito bagagli m
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: sala de bagagem f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ка́мера хране́ния (ru) f (kámera xranénija)
• Serbo-Croatian: garderóba (sh) f
• Spanish: sala de equipajes, consigna de equipajes f
• Swedish: bagageförvaring (sv) c, bagageförvaringsutrymme n

private lounge

• Bulgarian: кулоари (bg) pl (kuloari)
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toilet — see toilet

References

• "ˈcloak-room, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.