bathhouse

Meaning

1. A building with baths for communal use.
2. A building where swimmers can change clothes.
3. A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

Synonyms

bath

🛀

sauna

bagnio

bath-house

bathing machine

spa

resort

seaside resort

thermal spa

waterhole

hammam

thermal resort

balneare

spa resort

bathing hut

bathroom

baths

dressing room

health resort

Translations

Badehaus

Badeanstalt

Bad

🛀

casa de baños

balneario

Sauna

capanno

απόδυτηρια κολυμβητών

Spa

balneari

🛀

Kurstadt

Wasserstelle

kolymvitírio

Schwemme

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bathhous

Inherited from Old English: bæþhūs

Cognate with Dutch: badhuis

Cognate with German: Badehaus

Cognate with Danish: badehus

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: badehus

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: badehus

Cognate with Swedish: badhus

In summary

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”).