washbasin

English

Etymology

From wash +‎ basin.

Noun

washbasin (plural washbasins)

1. A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
2. A laundry sink.

Alternative forms

• wash basin

Synonyms

• washhand-basin
• (all senses): handbasin
• (a basin with a water supply): washstand
• (a simple basin without water supply): lavabo, piscina, laver, lavatory (Christian); washbowl

Derived terms

• washbasin helmet

Translations

basin used for washing, sink

• Arabic: مَغْسَلَة f (maḡsala)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَغْسَلة f (maḡsala), حوض m (ḥōḍ)

• Armenian: լվացարան (hy) (lvacʻaran)
• Belarusian: рукамы́йніца f (rukamýjnica), умыва́льнік m (umyválʹnik)
• Bulgarian: умива́лник (bg) m (umiválnik), мивка f (mivka)
• Catalan: lavabo (ca) m, pica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臉盆／脸盆 (zh) (liǎnpén)

• Czech: umyvadlo n
• Danish: vask (da) c
• Dutch: wastafel (nl) f, wasbak (nl) m, waskom (nl)
• Finnish: pesuallas (fi), lavuaari (fi) (permanently installed); pesuvati (movable)
• French: lavabo (fr) m
• German: Waschbecken (de) n, Waschschüssel (de) f
• Greek: νιπτήρας (el) m (niptíras)

  Ancient: νιπτήρ m (niptḗr)

• Hebrew: כִּיּוֹר (he) m (kiyór)
• Hungarian: mosdókagyló (hu)
• Indonesian: wastafel (id)
• Irish: báisín níocháin m
• Italian: lavabo (it) m, lavello (it) m, acquaio (it) m, lavandino (it) m
• Japanese: 洗面器 (ja) (せんめんき, senmenki), 洗面台 (ja) (せんめんだい, senmendai)
• Kapampangan: palbibewan
• Khmer: អាងលាងសំអាត (ʼaang liəng sɑmʼaat)
• Korean: 대야 (ko) (daeya), 세면기 (semyeon'gi), 세수대야 (sesudaeya)
• Kyrgyz: умувальник (ky) (umuvalnik)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: trulleum n, pollubrum n, aquālis m
• Macedonian: мијалник m (mijalnik), лавабо́ n (lavabó)
• Malay: sinki
• Middle English: basyn
• Norman: lavabo m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vaskeservant m, servant m

  Nynorsk: vaskeservant m, servant m

• Polish: umywalka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lavabo (pt)
• Romanian: chiuvetă (ro) f
• Russian: умыва́льник (ru) m (umyválʹnik), (умыва́льная) ра́ковина (ru) f (rákovina), рукомо́йник (ru) m (rukomójnik) (lavabo, with no water supply)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: умивало n, умиваоник m, лавабо m

  Roman: umivalo n, umivaonik (sh) m, lavabo (sh) m

• Slovak: umývadlo n
• Slovene: umivalnik m
• Spanish: lavabo (es) m, pila (es) f
• Swedish: handfat (sv), tvättställ (sv) n, lavoar (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: อ่างล้างหน้า (àang-láang-nâa), อ่าง (th) (àang)
• Turkish: lavabo (tr)
• Ukrainian: умива́льник m (umyválʹnyk)
• Uzbek: umivalʼnik (uz)
• Vietnamese: la-va-bô
• Volapük: lavaböväd