English Explanatory Dictionary

bathhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈbæθˌhaʊs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bathhouse.wav

Word forms

bathhouse bathhouses

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

Bathhouse Barry
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