"men's room" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gentlemen's room}} gentlemen's room 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), 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: 50 50 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English euphemisms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English euphemisms: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'lavatory intended for men — see also toilet': 71 29
  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: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English euphemisms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English euphemisms: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 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

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