what do they call a bathroom in england?

Answer 1

Believe it or not, they call it a bathroom for the simple reason it has a bath in it. If you mean the American euphemistic use, they call it the toilet, the loo, or the lavatory plus many other words.

If you need to go to the loo in England, don't ask for the bathroom. While all bathrooms have baths, many do not have the facilities you require - they are in a separate room.

Answer 2

British Word For Bathroom

Answer 3

British Bathroom

Answer 4

"What do they call a bathroom in england?"

That is the original question, and it is not quite worded properly if the intent of the asker is to discover what the USA equivalent of a bathroom is in England. Bathrooms in the U.K. do NOT always include a toilet. In fact, more often than not, they don't. So, if you're in England and doing the Dance of the Busting Bladder, ask for a toilet, lavatory or loo. That should cover the bases, or your behind, as the case may be.

Answer 5

They call it the loo, the toilet, the bog, the lav, the ladies or the gents.

Years when I worked as a temp for one day an American girl there said she was going to the rest room and I said ' Oh they've got a rest room here, I'll come!' I thought it was a cosy little staff room to have tea and coffee. I'm older and wiser now.

Answer 6

When with friends i have always referred to the toilet as the loo,in a home of people that i am unfamiliar with i always ask to use the bathroom or toilet and when i'm out in public like most English people i refer to the toilet as the Ladies or Gents.

Answer 7

Toilet

"Loo" is a more soft word for "toilet", which is a room with a toilet in it.

You'd probably say 'loo' with friends informally. But most people don't ask a waiter 'where is the loo', you'd ask where the toilet is. "Little girls room" or "boys room" would be even more childish, but are also heard.

A bathroom is where the bath is. It may or may not also be a toilet. But many (if not most) brits have seen enough movies to know what you mean. If you ask for the bathroom and get shown into a room with a bath and no toilet, then I'd say its 99% likely your host is taking the piss (pun intended) rather than misunderstanding you.

WC (short for water closet) is also a British term, but it makes you sound like a middle class victorian (we haven't used the word for years, except to deliberately sound quaint). Privvy is another similar, although that goes back even further. Asking where the privvy is would be roughly equivalent to saying "I prithe, good sir, pray tell where I may take my ablutions."

Lavatory is the "formal" term. More a bookish term than used in speech.

Washroom I've never heard used for toilet, but I guess most people would guess what you mean. A washroom in a posh hotel is where the sinks / seats and mirrors are to freshen up, and is usually slightly separate (but in the same general area) to the toilets.

Use toilet, it isn't vulgar, and everyone will know what you mean.

There are also a million different regional slangs for toilet, like lavvy, throne, john, or outhouse (from before interior plumbing). They are mostly coarse or vulgar, use them on a lad's night out, but not to your mother-in-law.

Answer 8

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in the UK - signs usually say toilets, on the door either ladies or gents or disabled or baby change, when speaking we say the loo or toilet or occasionally (but rather twee) the little girls room or the little boys room, WC (short for water closet)

Answer 9

In England the bathroom is commonly referred to as the "loo".

Answer 10

Toilet, some extra polite people might use "lavatory" and the colloquial term is "loo". To the girl who said "loo" is Australian, it's actually British, the Australian colloquial term is the delightful "Dunny". British bathrooms sometimes contain the toilet but not always. They also tend to put their washing machine and clothes dryer in the kitchen which is odd but quaint.