English Explanatory Dictionary

cloakroom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈkləʊkɹʊm/ /ˈkləʊkɹuːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cloakroom.wav

Word forms

cloakroom cloakrooms cloak room

Etymology

From cloak + room.

Synonyms

cloaks coatroom coat check checkroom lost and found baggage room left-luggage office bathroom half bath half bathroom toilet

Derived words

cloakroom attendant cloakroom ticket ladies' cloakroom

Translations

Bulgarian: гардероб Catalan: guarda-roba Chinese Mandarin: 寄物處 /寄物处 Czech: šatna Danish: garderobe Dutch: garderobe Dutch: vestiaire Faroese: klædnagoymsla Finnish: narikka Finnish: vaatesäilö Finnish: vaatehuone French: vestiaire Galician: gardarroupa German: Garderobe German: Kleideraufbewahrung Hebrew: מלתחה Hungarian: ruhatár Irish: seomra cótaí Italian: guardaroba Macedonian: гардеро́ба Norwegian Bokmål: garderobe Norwegian Nynorsk: garderobe Persian: رختکن Polish: szatnia Portuguese: bengaleiro Romanian: garderobă Russian: гардеро́б Russian: гардеробное помещение Serbo-Croatian: garderóba Spanish: guardarropa Swedish: garderob Turkish: vestiyer Ukrainian: гардеро́б Ukrainian: роздяга́льня
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