English Explanatory Dictionary

bath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
  2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
  3. Clipping of bathroom.
  4. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
  5. Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
  6. An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
  7. The body of liquid one bathes in.
  8. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
verb
  1. To wash a person or animal in a bath.
  2. To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.
noun
  1. A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).
name
  1. A city in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
  2. A village in the Netherlands.
  3. A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A former settlement in Placer County, California.
  6. An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Georgia.
  7. A village and township in Mason County, Illinois.
  8. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Indiana.
  9. A township in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
  10. An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky.
  11. A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
  12. A township and census-designated place therein, in Clinton County, Michigan.
name
  1. Uncommon form of Baath.

Pronunciation

bäth /bɑːθ/ [bɑːθ] [bäːt̪ʰ] [bäːt̪] /bɐːθ/ băth /bæθ/ [bæθ~bɛəθ~beəθ] [baθ~bäθ] en-us-bath.ogg /bæːθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bath.wav

Word forms

bath baths bathing bathed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).

Synonyms

bain Berkeley Springs

Derived words

aerotone bath afterbath air-bath air bath bath bomb bath book bath-brush bath chair Bath County bath cube bath dodger bathe bathful bath-house bathhouse bathinette bathkeeper bath kimono bathless bathlike bath man bath-man bathman bath mat bath pearl bathplug bathrobe bathroom bath room bath salt bath salts bath scraper bath sheet bath sponge bathtime bath time bath tissue bath towel bath tub bathtub bathward bathwards bathware bath water bathwater bathwear bed-bath bed bath bird bath birdbath bitch bath blanket bath blood bath bloodbath bubble bath catbath compressed-air bath corner bath couldn't run a bath cryobath

Translations

Arabic: باث Aramaic: ܒܐܬ Armenian: Բաթ Azerbaijani: Bat Belarusian: Бат Bengali: ব্যাঠ Bulgarian: Бат Chinese Cantonese: 巴斯 Chinese Mandarin: 巴斯 Georgian: ბათი Greek: Μπαθ Hebrew: באת׳ Hindi: बैथ Japanese: バース Kazakh: Бат Korean: 바스 Central Kurdish: بات Latin: Aquae Sulis Latvian: Bāta Lithuanian: Batas Marathi: बाथ Mazanderani: باث Mingrelian: ბათი Norman: Ba Old English: Baðanceaster Persian: باث Punjabi: باتھ Russian: Бат Thai: บาธ Turkish: Bath Ukrainian: Бат Urdu: باتھ Welsh: Caerfaddon
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