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”).
Noun
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.
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)
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building where swimmers change clothes
