en suite bathroom

Meaning

1. 1nouncountable

   A bathroom that opens directly off one particular bedroom and is meant only for the person or people sleeping in that room.

   Grammar: Usually preceded by an or an: the room has an en suite bathroom.

   Patterns

   • a room with an en suite bathroom
   • an en suite bathroom off something

   The hotel's largest room comes with a spacious en suite bathroom and a deep tub.

   We chose the cottage because every bedroom has its own en suite bathroom, so nobody queues in the morning.

   Adding an en suite bathroom to the loft conversion raised the value of the house.

Word forms

Common combinations

a room with an en suite bathroom

I booked a double room with an en suite bathroom for the weekend.

install an en suite bathroom

They plan to install an en suite bathroom in the spare bedroom.

a master bedroom with en suite bathroom

The master bedroom with en suite bathroom faces the garden.

a shared bathroom instead of an en suite

The cheaper rooms have a shared bathroom instead of an en suite.

a small en suite bathroom

Despite the small en suite bathroom, the room felt comfortable.

Synonyms and how they differ

private bathroom

This is the usual American wording and says nothing about the bathroom being attached directly to the bedroom, so it is a little less precise.

attached bathroom

Common in Indian and some international English, it stresses the physical connection rather than the French-derived hotel term.

ensuite

This is just a variant spelling of the same thing, often used as a single word in property listings.

Opposites

Word family

en suite adjective

describes a bathroom or room attached to a bedroom

suite noun

a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel

bathroom noun

a room for washing, often with a toilet

Commonly confused: en suite bathroom or suite?

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