bathhouse

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (“bathhouse”), equivalent to bath +‎ house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (“bathhouse”), German Badehaus (“bathhouse”), German Low German Baadhuus, Boodhuus (“bathhouse”), Danish badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Bokmål badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Nynorsk badehus (“bathhouse”), Swedish badhus (“bathhouse”).

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Noun

bathhouse (plural bathhouses)

1. A building with baths for communal use.
2. A building where swimmers can change clothes.
3. A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with bathouse / bat-house / bat house (“a shelter for bats”).

Derived terms

• Bathhouse Barry

Translations

building with baths for communal use

Abkhaz: аҳамам (aḥamam), абана (abana) Arabic: حَمَّام (ar) m (ḥammām) Armenian: բաղնիք (hy) (baġnikʻ) 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: מרחץ \ 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 Low German: German Low German: Baadhuus n, Boodhuus n Macedonian: ба́ња f (bánja) Nogai: амам (amam) Norwegian: Bokmål: badehus n Nynorsk: 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)

building where swimmers change clothes

Macedonian: соблекува́лна f (soblekuválna) Polish: szatnia (pl) f, przebieralnia f Portuguese: vestiário m Russian: раздева́лка (ru) f (razdeválka), раздева́льня (ru) f (razdeválʹnja) Ukrainian: перевдяга́льня f (perevdjahálʹnja)