cloakroom

cloakroom

See also: cloak room

English

Alternative forms

• cloak room

Etymology

From cloak +‎ room

Noun

cloakroom (plural cloakrooms)

1. A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater.
2. (Britain) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
3. A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
4. (Britain, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.

Synonyms

• (all senses): cloaks
• (room for storing heavy outer garments): coatroom, coat check, checkroom (US)
• (room for lost luggage): lost and found; baggage room (US); left-luggage office (UK)
• (lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (small secondary lavatory): half bath, half bathroom (North America); toilet (NZ)

Coordinate terms

• (coatroom for women): ladies' cloakroom (historical)
• (lavatory for women): powder room; ladies' cloakroom (dated)

Derived terms

• cloakroom attendant
• cloakroom ticket
• cloaks
• ladies' cloakroom

Translations

room for coats

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: гардеробна f (garderobna) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: šatna (cs) f Danish: garderobe (da) c Faroese: klædnagoymsla f Finnish: narikka (fi), vaatesäilö, vaatehuone (fi) French: garde-robe (fr) f German: Garderobe (de) f, Kleideraufbewahrung f Hebrew: מלתחה‎ f (meltakha) Hungarian: ruhatár (hu) Irish: seomra cótaí m

Italian: guardaroba (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: garderobe (no) m Nynorsk: garderobe m Persian: رختکن‎ (fa) Polish: szatnia (pl) f Portuguese: bengaleiro m Romanian: garderoba Russian: гардеро́б (ru) m (garderób) Serbo-Croatian: garderóba (sh) f Spanish: guardarropa (es) m Swedish: garderob (sv) c

room for luggage

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: гардероб (bg) m (garderob) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Faroese: viðførisgoymsla f Finnish: matkatavarasäilytys French: consigne (fr) f German: Gepäcksaufbewahrung, Gepäckaufbewahrung f Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

Italian: deposito (it) m, deposito bagagli m Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: sala de bagagem f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: ка́мера хране́ния (ru) f (kámera xranénija) Serbo-Croatian: garderóba (sh) f Spanish: sala de equipajes, consigna de equipajes f Swedish: bagageförvaring (sv) c, bagageförvaringsutrymme n

private lounge

Bulgarian: кулоари (bg) pl (kuloari)

toilet — see toilet

References

• "ˈcloak-room, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.