washbasin

English

Etymology

From wash +‎ basin.

Noun

washbasin (plural washbasins)

A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
A laundry sink.

Alternative forms

wash basin

Synonyms

washhand-basin
(all senses): handbasin
(a basin with a water supply): washstand
(a simple basin without water supply): lavabo, piscina, laver, lavatory (Christian); washbowl

Derived terms

washbasin helmet

Translations

basin used for washing, sink

Arabic: مَغْسَلَة f (maḡsala)
Hijazi Arabic: مَغْسَلة f (maḡsala), حوض m (ḥōḍ)
Armenian: լվացարան (hy) (lvacʻaran)
Belarusian: рукамы́йніца f (rukamýjnica), умыва́льнік m (umyválʹnik)
Bulgarian: умива́лник (bg) m (umiválnik), мивка f (mivka)
Catalan: lavabo (ca) m, pica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臉盆／脸盆 (zh) (liǎnpén)
Czech: umyvadlo n
Danish: vask (da) c
Dutch: wastafel (nl) f, wasbak (nl) m, waskom (nl)
Finnish: pesuallas (fi), lavuaari (fi) (permanently installed); pesuvati (movable)
French: lavabo (fr) m
German: Waschbecken (de) n, Waschschüssel (de) f
Greek: νιπτήρας (el) m (niptíras)
Ancient: νιπτήρ m (niptḗr)
Hebrew: כִּיּוֹר (he) m (kiyór)
Hungarian: mosdókagyló (hu)
Indonesian: wastafel (id)
Irish: báisín níocháin m
Italian: lavabo (it) m, lavello (it) m, acquaio (it) m, lavandino (it) m
Japanese: 洗面器 (ja) (せんめんき, senmenki), 洗面台 (ja) (せんめんだい, senmendai)
Kapampangan: palbibewan
Khmer: អាងលាងសំអាត (ʼaang liəng sɑmʼaat)
Korean: 대야 (ko) (daeya), 세면기 (semyeon'gi), 세수대야 (sesudaeya)
Kyrgyz: умувальник (ky) (umuvalnik)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: trulleum n, pollubrum n, aquālis m
Macedonian: мијалник m (mijalnik), лавабо́ n (lavabó)
Malay: sinki
Middle English: basyn
Norman: lavabo m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vaskeservant m, servant m

Nynorsk: vaskeservant m, servant m
Polish: umywalka (pl) f
Portuguese: lavabo (pt)
Romanian: chiuvetă (ro) f
Russian: умыва́льник (ru) m (umyválʹnik), (умыва́льная) ра́ковина (ru) f (rákovina), рукомо́йник (ru) m (rukomójnik) (lavabo, with no water supply)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: умивало n, умиваоник m, лавабо m

Roman: umivalo n, umivaonik (sh) m, lavabo (sh) m
Slovak: umývadlo n
Slovene: umivalnik m
Spanish: lavabo (es) m, pila (es) f
Swedish: handfat (sv), tvättställ (sv) n, lavoar (sv) c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: อ่างล้างหน้า (àang-láang-nâa), อ่าง (th) (àang)
Turkish: lavabo (tr)
Ukrainian: умива́льник m (umyválʹnyk)
Uzbek: umivalʼnik (uz)
Vietnamese: la-va-bô
Volapük: lavaböväd

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