men's room

Etymology
Originally a clipped form of, 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.

Noun

 * 1) A lavatory intended for use by men, often including urinals in addition to toilets.
 * 2) * 1929, Daniel Nathan as "Ellery Queen", The Roman Hat Mystery, Ch. iii, p. 31:
 * Search the lounge downstairs. The men's room, the ladies' room.
 * 1) Other rooms intended for use by men, as waiting rooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, etc.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:bathroom

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 男廁, 男界
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: toilettes pour hommes
 * German: Herrentoilette
 * Hungarian: férfivécé
 * Romanian: toaletă pentru bărbați
 * Russian: мужска́я убо́рная
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: erkekler tuvaleti


 * Dutch: herenkamer