different between bathe vs shampoo

English

Etymology

From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-Germanic *baþ?n? (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?th, IPA^(key): /be?ð/
• Rhymes: -e?ð

Verb

bathe (third-person singular simple present bathes, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)

1. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

   We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

4. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

   She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

   The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.

   The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

5. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

   The room was bathed in moonlight.

   A dense fog bathed the city streets.
6. (intransitive) To sunbathe.

   The women bathed in the sun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• bath

Translations

Noun

bathe (plural bathes)

1. (Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

   I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.

Translations

Anagrams

• beath, behat

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English b? þ?.

Determiner

bathe

1. Alternative form of bothe (“both”)

Conjunction

bathe

1. Alternative form of bothe (“both”)

Etymology 2

From Old English baþian.

Verb

bathe

1. Alternative form of bathen

English

Alternative forms

• champoo (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (c??po), imperative form of ?????? (c??pn?, “to press, knead”), from the Sanskrit root ????? (capayati, “to pound, knead”), mid 18th c.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æm?pu?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?am?pu?/
• Hyphenation: sham?poo

Noun

shampoo (countable and uncountable, plural shampoos)

1. (originally) A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.

   Synonym: massage

2. A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.

   Coordinate term: conditioner

3. An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

   Synonym: shampooing

4. (humorous, slang) Champagne.

   Synonyms: bubbly, champers, fizz

Descendants

Translations

Verb

shampoo (third-person singular simple present shampoos, present participle shampooing, simple past and past participle shampooed)

1. (intransitive) To wash one's own hair with shampoo.

2. (transitive) To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
3. (transitive) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

   Synonym: massage

Translations

Further reading

• shampoo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “shampoo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• oompahs

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sjampo/, /?sja?mpu(?)/, [???mp?o], [??æ?mp?u(?)]

Noun

shampoo c (singular definite shampooen, plural indefinite shampooer)

1. shampoo (soap for washing hair)

Noun

Derived terms

• hårshampoo
• skælshampoo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi ????? (c??po).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m.po?/
• Hyphenation: sham?poo

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos, diminutive shampootje n)

1. shampoo (product for washing hair)

Derived terms

• shampooën
• babyshampoo

Finnish

Alternative forms

• šampoo
• sampoo

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???mp(?)o?/, [???mp(?)o??]
• IPA^(key): /?s?mp(?)o?/, [?s??mp(?)o??]
• IPA^(key): /?sh?mp(?)o?/, [?s?h?mp(?)o??]
• Rhymes: -?mpo?
• Syllabification: sham?poo

Noun

shampoo

1. shampoo (commercial liquid soap)

Declension

Italian

Alternative forms

• sciampo

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi ????? (c??po, “knead!”), from the Sanskrit root ????? (capayati, “to pound, to knead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??am.po/
• Hyphenation: shàm?poo
• Rhymes: -ampo

Noun

shampoo m (invariable)

1. shampoo (detergent, washing of hair with such detergent)

Derived terms

• dopo-shampoo
• shampista

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos)

1. Alternative spelling of xampu; Alternative spelling of champô

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?am?pu/, [?ãm?pu]

• IPA^(key): /t??am?pu/, [t??ãm?pu]

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos)

1. Alternative spelling of champú