ensuite

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US/ɔn ˈswit/US/ɑn ˈswit/UK/ɒn ˈswiːt/

noun

A private bathroom connected to a bedroom, as in an apartment or hotel room.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

nounensuite (plural ensuites)

plural ensuites · alternative en suite · alternative en-suite

  1. A private bathroom connected to a bedroom, as in an apartment or hotel room.
adjectiveensuite (not comparable)

alternative en suite · alternative en-suite

  1. Alternative form of en suite:
    1. not comparableOf a bathroom, etc., connected to a bedroom.
    2. not comparableOf a bedroom, etc., connected to an ensuite bathroom.
    3. not comparableAs part of a set or series.

Origin

  1. Frenchen suite
  2. Englishensuite

Borrowed from French en suite (literally “in continuation”).

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Cite this entry
APA

ensuite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensuite

MLA

“ensuite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensuite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ensuite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensuite.

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