Meanings
plural bathhouses
- A building with baths for communal use.
[…] a plethora of taverns, victuals, brew houses, hostelries, bathhouses, brothels, bearbaiting and bullbaiting arenas jostled for space with shops of stockfishmongers, garlicmongers, and bakemongers.
2009, Rona Sharon, Royal Blood1 more example
The landslide hit Xiangning county in Shanxi province early Friday evening, provincial authorities said. Two residential buildings, home to a total of 14 households, and a public bathhouse collapsed under the weight of the falling earth.
2019 March 16, “North China landslide knocks over homes, killing 7”, in AP News, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2023 - 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishbæþhūs“bathhouse”
- Middle Englishbathhous
- Englishbathhouse
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λουτρών, βαλανεῖον
- λουτρών (loutrṓn)building with baths for communal use
- βαλανεῖον (balaneîon)building with baths for communal use
Arabic حَمَّام
- حَمَّام (ḥammām)building with baths for communal use
Bulgarian ба́ня
- ба́ня (bánja)building with baths for communal use
Chinese Mandarin 澡堂, 浴堂
- 澡堂 (zǎotáng)building with baths for communal use
- 浴堂 (yùtáng)building with baths for communal use
- 浴池 (yùchí)building with baths for communal use
Czech lázně
- lázněbuilding with baths for communal use
Danish badehus
- badehusbuilding with baths for communal use
Dutch badhuis
- badhuisbuilding with baths for communal use
Esperanto banejo
- banejobuilding with baths for communal use
Estonian avalik saun
- avalik saunbuilding with baths for communal use
Finnish kylpylä
- kylpyläbuilding with baths for communal use
French bains
- bainsbuilding with baths for communal use
German Badehaus, Bad
- Badehausbuilding with baths for communal use
- Badbuilding with baths for communal use
- Badeanstaltbuilding with baths for communal use
Greek λουτρώνας, βαλανείο
- λουτρώνας (loutrónas)building with baths for communal use
- βαλανείο (valaneío)building with baths for communal use
Hebrew מרחץ \ מֶרְחָץ
- מרחץ \ מֶרְחָץ (merkháts)building with baths for communal use
Hindi ग़ुस्लख़ाना, ग़ुसलख़ाना
- ग़ुस्लख़ाना (ġuslaxānā)building with baths for communal use
- ग़ुसलख़ाना (ġusalxānā)building with baths for communal use
Hungarian fürdő
- fürdőbuilding with baths for communal use
Japanese 浴場, 銭湯
- 浴場 (yokujō)building with baths for communal use
- 銭湯 (sentō)building with baths for communal use
- 湯屋 (yuya)building with baths for communal use
Korean 목욕탕
- 목욕탕 (mogyoktang)building with baths for communal use
Latin balneae
- balneaebuilding with baths for communal use
Latvian pirts
- pirtsbuilding with baths for communal use
Lithuanian pirtis
- pirtisbuilding with baths for communal use
Norwegian Bokmål badehus
- badehusbuilding with baths for communal use
Polish łaźnia, szatnia
- łaźniabuilding with baths for communal use
- szatniabuilding where swimmers change clothes
- przebieralniabuilding where swimmers change clothes
Portuguese casa de banho, terma
- casa de banhobuilding with baths for communal use
- termabuilding with baths for communal use
- vestiáriobuilding where swimmers change clothes
Romanian baie
- baiebuilding with baths for communal use
Russian ба́ня, раздева́лка
- ба́ня (bánja)building with baths for communal use
- раздева́лка (razdeválka)building where swimmers change clothes
- раздева́льня (razdeválʹnja)building where swimmers change clothes
Spanish casa de baños
- casa de bañosbuilding with baths for communal use
Swedish badhus
- badhusbuilding with baths for communal use
Thai ห้องอาบน้ำ
- ห้องอาบน้ำbuilding with baths for communal use
Turkish hamam
- hamambuilding with baths for communal use
Ukrainian ла́зня, ба́ня
- ла́зня (láznja)building with baths for communal use
- ба́ня (bánja)building with baths for communal use
- перевдяга́льня (perevdjahálʹnja)building where swimmers change clothes
Urdu غُسْل خانَہ
- غُسْل خانَہ (ġusl xāna)building with baths for communal use
Vietnamese nhà tắm
- nhà tắmbuilding with baths for communal use
Cite this entry
bathhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathhouse
“bathhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathhouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bathhouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathhouse.
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