bathhouse

English

Etymology

From Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (“bathhouse”), equivalent to bath +‎ house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (“bathhouse”), German Badehaus (“bathhouse”), Danish 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

a building with baths for communal use

Abkhaz: аҳамам (aḥamam), абана (abana)
Arabic: حَمَّام‎ (ar) m (ḥammām)
Armenian: բաղնիք (hy) (bałnikʿ)
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: 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) (monço)
Ladino:
Hebrew: חאמאם‎
Roman: ḥamam
Lao: ຫໍສົງນ້ຳ (hǭ song nam), ຫໍສົງ (hǭ song)
Latin: balneae f pl
Latvian: pirts m
Lithuanian: pirtis m
Macedonian: ба́ња f (bánja)
Nogai: амам (amam)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: 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)
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)

a 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)