en suite

adv. forming a single unit (bedroom with bathroom en suite).
Etymology: F, = in sequence

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en suite «ahn SWEET»,

French. in succession; in a connected series: »

The salons of the Sorbonne are…arranged en suite for exhibitions and academic receptions (New Yorker).

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[än 'swēt]

adj. & adv. (of a bathroom) immediately adjoining a bedroom and forming part of the same set of rooms

■ [as adj.] (of a bedroom) having such a bathroom

Origin:

late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘in agreement or harmony’): from French, literally ‘in sequence’

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/ɑnˈswiːt/ adj or adv

— used to describe a bedroom to which a bathroom is directly connected or a bathroom that is directly connected to a bedroom

an en suite bedroom/bathroom

The bathroom is en suite.

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en suite [ˌɒ̃ ˈswiːt] [ˌɑː̃ ˈswiːt] adjective, adverb (BrE, from French)

(of a bathroom) joined onto a bedroom and for use only by people in that bedroom

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Each bedroom in the hotel has a bathroom en suite/an en suite bathroom.

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an en suite bedroom

(= a bedroom with an ↑en suite bathroom)

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en suite facilities

 

Word Origin:

[en suite] late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘in agreement or harmony’): from French, literally in sequence.

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‖ en suite

see suite.