different between bathroom vs bathroomy

English

Alternative forms

• bath room

Etymology

From bath +? room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???.?u?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bæ??um/
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?bæ?.?u?m/

Noun

bathroom (plural bathrooms)

1. A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom

   Hypernym: room

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     I wash in the bathroom.

2. (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

Usage notes

From the beginning of the 20th century, bathroom has been the generic word for a room with toilet facilities in American English. As Britons continue to say lavatory relatively more frequently and often loo or WC for a room with a toilet but no bath. Partly from French influence, such rooms are also relatively more common in British homes.[citation needed]

In some contexts, bathroom refers more particularly to the toilet facilities of a private residence, distinguished from public buildings' restrooms, men's rooms, ladies' rooms, etc.

Descendants

• ? Urdu: ???????? (b??hr?m)

Translations

References

English

Etymology

bathroom +? -y

Adjective

bathroomy (comparative more bathroomy, superlative most bathroomy)

1. Resembling or reminiscent of a bathroom.
   • 1973, Council of Industrial Design, Design (issues 295-300, page 156)

     The serving area is a glass, chrome and white tile combination, practical but bathroomy.

   • 2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The A-Z Guide (page 69)

     The idea was girls in quantity, a sort of harem steam bath spruced up to seventies health-and-safety standards. Hence the double name, the groups of indistinguishable pretty, pale blondes in the photos, the bathroomy porcelain bottle.