Washroom — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɑːʃɹuːm/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɒʃɹuːm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɒʃɹuːm/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɑːʃɹuːm/.

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Waschraum

eine Toilette (insbesondere eine Toilette an einem öffentlichen Ort)

🇫🇷French

toilettes

des toilettes (en particulier des toilettes dans un lieu public)

🇪🇸Spanish

baño

un baño (particularmente un baño en un lugar público)

🇮🇹Italian

bagno

un bagno (in particolare un bagno in un luogo pubblico)

🇳🇱Dutch

wasruimte

een toilet (vooral een toilet op een openbare plaats)

🇵🇹Portuguese

banheiro

um banheiro (particularmente um banheiro em um local público)

🇷🇺Russian

туалет

туалет (особенно туалет в общественном месте)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

टट्टी

एक शौचालय (विशेषकर सार्वजनिक स्थान पर एक शौचालय)

🇧🇩Bengali

ওয়াশরুম

একটি শৌচাগার (বিশেষ করে একটি পাবলিক জায়গায় একটি শৌচাগার)

🇮🇳Tamil

கழிவறை

ஒரு கழிவறை (குறிப்பாக ஒரு பொது இடத்தில் ஒரு கழிவறை)

🇮🇳Telugu

వాష్ రూమ్

మరుగుదొడ్డి (ముఖ్యంగా బహిరంగ ప్రదేశంలో మరుగుదొడ్డి)

🇮🇳Marathi

स्वच्छतागृह

एक शौचालय (विशेषतः सार्वजनिक ठिकाणी एक शौचालय)

🇮🇳Gujarati

શૌચાલય

એક શૌચાલય (ખાસ કરીને જાહેર સ્થળે એક શૌચાલય)

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಶ್ ರೂಂ

ಶೌಚಾಲಯ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಶೌಚಾಲಯ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശുചിമുറി

ഒരു ശൗചാലയം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു പൊതു സ്ഥലത്ത് ഒരു ശൗചാലയം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਸ਼ਰੂਮ

ਇੱਕ ਪਖਾਨਾ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਜਨਤਕ ਸਥਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਪਖਾਨਾ)

🇵🇰Urdu

واش روم

ایک بیت الخلاء (خاص طور پر عوامی جگہ پر ایک غسل خانہ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

卫生间

厕所（特别是公共场所的厕所）

🇯🇵Japanese

洗面所

トイレ（特に公共の場所のトイレ）

🇰🇷Korean

세면실

화장실(특히 공공장소의 화장실)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhà vệ sinh

nhà vệ sinh (đặc biệt là nhà vệ sinh ở nơi công cộng)

🇹🇭Thai

ห้องน้ำ

ห้องน้ำ (โดยเฉพาะห้องน้ำในที่สาธารณะ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

kamar kecil

toilet (khususnya toilet di tempat umum)

🇵🇭Filipino

banyo

isang banyo (lalo na ang isang banyo sa isang pampublikong lugar)

🇲🇾Malay

tandas

tandas (terutamanya tandas di tempat awam)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الحمام

مرحاض (خاصة مرحاض في مكان عام)

🇮🇷Persian

دستشویی

یک دستشویی (به ویژه یک دستشویی در یک مکان عمومی)

🇹🇷Turkish

tuvalet

bir tuvalet (özellikle halka açık bir yerde bir tuvalet)

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲדַר כְּבִיסָה

שירותים (במיוחד שירותים במקום ציבורי)

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What is the primary definition of the word 'washroom'?

The primary meaning of 'washroom' is 'a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place)'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'washroom' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'washroom' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'washroom' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'washroom' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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