トイレ
解説 Definition
restrooms は restroom（トイレ、化粧室）の複数形です。公共施設や店などのトイレを丁寧に指す語で、特にアメリカ英語でよく使われます。
Public or shared toilet facilities, especially in American English, typically found in restaurants, shops, offices, and other public buildings. The plural often refers collectively to separate facilities or to the toilet area available at a location.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
restroom「トイレ・化粧室」の規則的な複数形で、複合語 rest + room に -s が付きます。米国の店や公共施設で Where are the restrooms? と尋ねる定番表現を場面ごと覚えます。実際に休憩する部屋は break room であり、restroom は婉曲的にトイレを指す点に注意します。
Restrooms is the regular plural of restroom, a compound of rest and room followed by plural -s. In American English, remember the practical question “Where are the restrooms?” as something asked in a restaurant, museum, or station. Although the parts literally suggest rooms for resting, the compound is a polite term for toilet facilities. A room intended for employee breaks is normally called a break room, so do not interpret restroom literally in modern everyday use.
例文
The restrooms are near the entrance.
トイレは入口の近くにあります。
Clean restrooms are available on the second floor.
清潔なトイレは2階にあります。
The sign shows where the restrooms are located.
その案内表示にはトイレの場所が示されています。
restrooms の類義語・関連語
restrooms の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語由来の「休息」restと「部屋」roomを組み合わせた米語の複合語です。19世紀末に「一息つくための部屋」として誕生し、直接的な表現を避けるトイレの婉曲語として定着しました。同様の構成語にbreakroom（休憩室）があります。
Restrooms is the plural of restroom, an American English compound formed from rest and room. Around the turn of the twentieth century, restroom referred to a public room offering facilities for rest and personal needs. It then became established as a polite euphemism for a toilet or washroom. The plural ending -s refers to multiple facilities or collectively to the available men’s and women’s rooms.
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