sauna

See also Sauna

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

• From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɔː.nə/, X-SAMPA: /"sO.n@/
• Rhymes: -ɔːnə

Noun

sauna (plural saunas)

1. A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

   The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

2. An act of using a sauna.

   John had a sauna after his swim.

3. A public sauna; a front for a brothel in some countries.

Translations

sauna room or house

• Arabic: ساونا (ar) (sāwna) f
• Armenian: սաունա (hy) (sauna)
• Belarusian: сауна (be) (sáuna) f
• Bulgarian: сауна (bg) (sáuna) f
• Catalan: sauna (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桑拿 (cmn) (sāngná), 桑拿浴 (cmn) (sāngnáyù), 三溫暖 (cmn), 三温暖 (cmn) (sān-wēnnuǎn)

• Czech: sauna (cs) f
• Danish: sauna (da) c
• Esperanto: saŭno (eo)
• Estonian: saun (et)
• Faroese: sauna (fo) f
• Finnish: sauna (fi)
• French: sauna (fr) f
• Georgian: საუნა (ka) (sauna)
• German: Sauna (de) f
• Hebrew: סאונה (he)
• Hindi: सॉना (hi) (sonā)
• Hungarian: szauna (hu)

• Icelandic: sána (is) f, baðstofa (is) f, eimbað (is) n, gufubað (is) n
• Interlingua: sauna
• Japanese: サウナ (ja) (sauna)
• Korean: 사우나 (ko) (sauna)
• Latgalian: pierts m
• Latvian: pirts (lv) m
• Mari:

  Western Mari: момоца

• Navajo: táchééh
• Norwegian: badstue (no) f
• Polish: sauna f
• Russian: сауна (ru) (sáuna) f, финская баня (ru) (fínskaja bánja) f
• Serbo-Croatian: sauna (sh) f
• Skolt Sami: säu´nn
• Slovak: sauna (sk) f
• Spanish: sauna (es) f
• Swedish: bastu (sv) c, sauna (sv) c
• Thai: ซาวน่า (th) (saaonâa)
• Turkish: sauna (tr)
• Ukrainian: сауна (uk) (sáuna) f

act of using a sauna

• Finnish: saunominen (fi), sauna (fi)
• German: Saunieren

• Polish: sauna f
• Swedish: bastande (sv) n, bastubadande (sv) n

Verb

sauna (third-person singular simple present saunas, present participle saunaing, simple past and past participle saunaed)

1. To use a sauna.

Translations

to use a sauna

• Dutch: sauna (nl) m
• Finnish: saunoa (fi)
• French: sauna (fr) m
• German: saunieren (de)

• Hungarian: szaunázik (hu)
• Spanish: sauna (es) f
• Swedish: basta (sv), bada bastu (sv)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Noun

sauna f (plural saunes)

1. sauna

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Czech

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna f

1. sauna

Declension

    declension of sauna

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	sauny
genitive	sauny	saun
dative	sauně	saunám
accusative	saunu	sauny
vocative	sauno	sauny
locative	sauně	saunách
instrumental	saunou	saunami

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Estonian

Noun

sauna

1. Genitive singular form of saun.
2. Partitive singular form of saun.
3. Illative singular form of saun.

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Faroese

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ]
• Hyphenation: sau‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯nɑ

Noun

sauna f (genitive singular saunu, plural saunur)

1. sauna

Declension

f1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sauna	saunan	saunur	saunurnar
Accusative	saunu	saununa	saunur	saunurnar
Dative	saunu	saununi	saunum	saununum
Genitive	saunu	saununnar	sauna	saunanna

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Finnish

(index sa)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna. Cognates include Estonian saun and Karelian soakna. Older sense "winter dwelling, a pit dug into snow for temporary shelter", cf. Northern Sami suovdnji (“pit dug in snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈsɑ̝u.nɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: sau‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑunɑ

Noun

sauna

Wikipedia ^fi

1. A sauna.
2. Any bath where sweating is part of the bathing process.

   turkkilainen sauna

   Turkish bath

Declension

Declension of sauna (type kala) singular plural nominative sauna saunat genitive saunan saunojen saunain1 partitive saunaa saunoja accusative sauna saunan saunat inessive saunassa saunoissa elative saunasta saunoista illative saunaan saunoihin adessive saunalla saunoilla ablative saunalta saunoilta allative saunalle saunoille essive saunana saunoina translative saunaksi saunoiksi instructive – saunoin abessive saunatta saunoitta comitative – saunoineen 1) Rare.

Derived terms

• verbs: saunoa, saunottaa

Compounds

• opin sauna
• saunamajuri
• saunapyyhe
• saunatonttu
• saunavihta
• savusauna
• selkäsauna
• sähkösauna
• yleinen sauna

See also

• kiuas
• lauteet
• löyly
• vasta
• vihta

Anagrams

• asuna

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

sauna f (plural saune)

1. sauna

See also

• bagno turco

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Japanese

Romanization

sauna

1. See サウナ

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Polish

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈs̪awn̪a/

Noun

sauna f

1. sauna

Declension

    declension of sauna

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	sauny
genitive	sauny	saun
dative	saunie	saunom
accusative	saunę	sauny
instrumental	sauną	saunami
locative	saunie	saunach
vocative	sauno	sauny

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Noun

sauna f (Cyrillic spelling сауна)

1. sauna

External links

• sauna on the Bosnian Wikipedia.bs.Wikipedia
• sauna on the Croatian Wikipedia.hr.Wikipedia
• сауна on the Serbian Wikipedia.sr.Wikipedia:сауна

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Slovak

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna f (genitive singular sauny, nominative plural sauny)

1. sauna

Declension

    declension of sauna

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	sauny
genitive	sauny	sáun
dative	saune	saunám
accusative	saunu	sauny
locative	saune	saunách
instrumental	saunou	saunami