"men's room" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: men's rooms [plural]
Etymology: Originally a clipped form of gentlemen's room, originally a separate waiting room for men in public buildings such as railway stations but by the appearance of men's room also used as a euphemism for men's lavatories. Head templates: {{en-noun}} men's room (plural men's rooms)
  1. A lavatory intended for use by men, often including urinals in addition to toilets. Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Translations (lavatory intended for men — see also toilet): 男廁 (Chinese Cantonese), 男厕 (naam⁴ ci³) (Chinese Cantonese), 男界 (naam⁴ gaai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 男廁 (Chinese Mandarin), 男厕 (náncè) (Chinese Mandarin), miestenhuone (Finnish), toilettes pour hommes [feminine, plural] (French), Herrentoilette [masculine] (German), férfivécé (Hungarian), férfi-WC (Hungarian), férfimosdó (english: higher register) (Hungarian), toaletă pentru bărbați [feminine] (Romanian), мужска́я убо́рная (mužskája ubórnaja) (Russian), herrtoalett [common-gender] (Swedish), herrarnas (Swedish), erkekler tuvaleti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-men's_room-en-noun-FWJ9H86n Disambiguation of Rooms: 47 53 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 63 37 Categories (other): English euphemisms, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English euphemisms: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'lavatory intended for men — see also toilet': 67 33
  2. Other rooms intended for use by men, as waiting rooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, etc. Categories (topical): Rooms Translations (other rooms intended for men): herenkamer (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-men's_room-en-noun-XPE3XyBd Disambiguation of Rooms: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English euphemisms: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'other rooms intended for men': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bathroom Derived forms: men's Coordinate_terms: women's room, ladies' room

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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