sauna

See also: Sauna, saŭna, and saună

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.nə/, (respecting Finnish pronunciation) /ˈsaʊ.nə/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːnə

Noun

sauna (plural saunas)

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
The act of using a sauna.
John had a sauna after his swim.
Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
A public sauna.
In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse.
(informal, figuratively) A very hot place or room.

Synonyms

firebath

Translations

sauna room or house

Arabic: سَاوْنَا‎ f (sāwnā)
Armenian: սաունա (hy) (sauna)
Belarusian: са́ўна f (sáŭna)
Bulgarian: са́уна f (sáuna)
Catalan: sauna (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 桑拿 (zh) (sāngná), 桑拿浴 (sāngnáyù), 三溫暖／三温暖 (zh) (sān-wēnnuǎn)
Czech: sauna (cs) f
Danish: sauna c
Dutch: sauna (nl) m
Esperanto: saŭno (eo)
Estonian: saun (et)
Faroese: sauna f
Finnish: sauna (fi)
French: sauna (fr) f
Galician: sauna (gl) f
Georgian: საუნა (sauna)
German: Sauna (de) f
Greek: σάουνα (el) f (sáouna), ατμόλουτρο (el) n (atmóloutro)
Ancient: πυρία f (puría)
Hebrew: סאונה‎ (he)
Hindi: सॉना (sŏnā)
Hungarian: szauna (hu)
Icelandic: sána (is) f, baðstofa (is) f, eimbað (is) n, gufubað (is) n
Ido: sauno (io), stuvo (io)
Interlingua: sauna
Italian: sauna (it) f
Japanese: サウナ (sauna)
Korean: 사우나 (ko) (sauna)
Latgalian: pierts m
Latin: sūdātōrium n
Latvian: pirts m
Lithuanian: pirtis f
Maori: umuroa
Mari:
Western Mari: момоца (momoca)
Navajo: táchééh
Norwegian: badstue f
Persian: سونا‎ (fa) (sonâ)
Polish: sauna (pl) f
Portuguese: sauna (pt) f
Romanian: saună f
Russian: са́уна (ru) f (sáuna), фи́нская ба́ня f (fínskaja bánja)
Serbo-Croatian: sauna (sh) f
Skolt Sami: säu´nn
Slovak: sauna f
Spanish: sauna (es) m or f
Sudovian: pirtis
Swedish: bastu (sv) c, sauna (sv) c
Thai: ซาวน่า (saaonâa)
Turkish: sauna (tr)
Ukrainian: са́уна f (sáuna), ла́зня (uk) f (láznja)
Yiddish: שוויץ‎ m (shvits), שוויצבאָד‎ f (shvitsbod)

act of using a sauna

Estonian: saun (et), saunatamine
Finnish: saunominen (fi), sauna (fi)
German: Saunieren
Greek: ατμόλουτρο (el) n (atmóloutro)
Polish: sauna (pl) f
Portuguese: banho de sauna m
Romanian: baie de abur f
Swedish: bastande (sv) n, bastubadande n

Verb

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

To use a sauna.

Translations

to use a sauna

Dutch: sauna (nl) m
Estonian: saunatama
Finnish: saunoa (fi)
French: prendre (fr) un (fr) sauna (fr)
German: saunieren (de)
Hungarian: szaunázik
Italian: usare una sauna
Japanese: サウナに入る (sauna ni hairu)
Portuguese: tomar banho de sauna
Spanish: tomar un sauna, tomar una sauna
Swedish: basta (sv), bada bastu (sv), gå i bastu (Finland)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.nə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.na/

Noun

sauna f (plural saunes)

sauna

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna f

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯.naː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: sau‧na
Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː

Noun

sauna m (plural sauna's, diminutive saunaatje n)

sauna
- 1926 January 26, "Lezing te Amsterdam van den heer Schuiling over Finland", Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (evening edition, D), page 2.
  Een deel der talrijke lichtbeelden had betrekking op Lönnrot en zijn beroemde Kalewala, en in verband daarmede kreeg de Sauna (badhuis) een beurt.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
(often diminutive) a session in a sauna

Derived terms

buitensauna
huissauna

Estonian

Noun

sauna

genitive/partitive/illative singular of saun

Faroese

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɑu̯nɑ]
Hyphenation: sau‧na
Rhymes: -ɑu̯nɑ
Homophone: savna

Noun

sauna f (genitive singular saunu, plural saunur)

sauna

Declension

Declension of sauna
f1	singular		plural
f1	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sauna	saunan	saunur	saunurnar
accusative	saunu	saununa	saunur	saunurnar
dative	saunu	saununi	saunum	saununum
genitive	saunu	saununnar	sauna	saunanna

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna, possibly borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *stakna- (later *stakkaz, whence English stack). Cognates include Estonian saun, Karelian soakna. Older sense "winter dwelling, a pit dug into snow for temporary shelter", compare Northern Sami suovdnji (“pit dug in snow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑu̯nɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑunɑ
Syllabification^(key): sau‧na

Noun

sauna

sauna
Jos ei viina, terva ja sauna auta, niin tauti on kuolemaksi. (Finnish saying)
An illness will kill you if booze, tar and sauna won't heal it.
Any bath where sweating is part of the bathing process.
turkkilainen sauna ― Turkish bath
(figuratively) a very hot place
Täällä on kuin saunassa.
It's like a sauna in here.
Synonyms: helvetti, pätsi

Declension

Inflection of sauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		sauna	saunat
genitive		saunan	saunojen
partitive		saunaa	saunoja
illative		saunaan	saunoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sauna	saunat
accusative	nom.	sauna	saunat
accusative	gen.	saunan	saunat
genitive		saunan	saunojen saunain^rare
partitive		saunaa	saunoja
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

Possessive forms of sauna (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	saunani	saunamme
2nd person	saunasi	saunanne
3rd person	saunansa

Meronyms

Basic sauna vocabulary:

jäähy
kiuas
lauteet
löyly
löylyhuone
löylykauha
pefletti
pesuhuone
pukuhuone
takkahuone
vasta
vihta

Derived terms

nouns: opin sauna, yleinen sauna
verbs: saunoa, saunottaa, viedä saunan taakse

Compounds

hirsisauna
joulusauna
juhannussauna
kalasauna
lauantaisauna
leirisauna
lenkkisauna
maasauna
mallassauna
niittysauna
pihasauna
puusauna
rantasauna
saunaelämys
saunaeriste
saunaetiketti
saunaharja
saunahattu
saunahullu
saunailta
saunaistuin
saunajakkara
saunajuoma
saunajurtta
saunakahvi
saunakaiutin
saunakaivo
saunakalja
saunakamari
saunakukka
saunakulttuuri
saunalenkki
saunaliike
saunalyhty
saunamaija
saunamajuri
saunamakkara
saunamarkkinat
saunamatka
saunamatto
saunamessut
saunamittari
saunamyssy
saunamökki
saunanhaltija
saunanovi
saunanpenkki
saunaolut
saunaosasto
saunapalo
saunapalvi
saunapalvikinkku
saunapata
saunapirtti
saunapolku
saunapuhdas
saunapuut
saunapyyhe
saunapäivä
saunarakennus
saunaranta
saunaremontti
saunaruoka
saunasieni
saunasuola
saunatakki
saunatie
saunatonttu
saunatupa
saunatyyny
saunavaha
saunavalaisin
saunavasta
saunavesi
saunavieras
saunavihta
saunavuoro
savusauna
sekasauna
selkäsauna
sähkösauna
telttasauna
turpasauna
tynnyrisauna
yhteissauna

Descendants

→ English: sauna
→ French: sauna
→ German: Sauna
→ Norwegian Bokmål: sauna
→ Russian: са́уна (sáuna) (see there for further descendants)

Anagrams

asuna, nasua

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so.na/

Noun

sauna m (plural saunas)

sauna

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sáu.nàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sáu.nàː]

Noun

saunā̀ m or f (plural saunōnī, possessed form saunàn)

fool, incompetent person

Ingrian

Sauna.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna. Cognates include Finnish sauna and Estonian saun.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑu̯n]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈʃɑu̯nɑ]

Rhymes: -ɑu̯nɑ

Hyphenation: sau‧na

Noun

sauna

sauna, banya

Declension

Declension of sauna (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	saunat
genitive	saunan	saunoin
partitive	saunaa	saunoja
illative	saunaa	saunoi
inessive	saunaas	saunois
elative	saunast	saunoist
allative	saunalle	saunoille
adessive	saunaal	saunoil
ablative	saunalt	saunoilt
translative	saunaks	saunoiks
essive	saunanna, saunaan	saunoinna, saunoin
exessive¹⁾	saunant	saunoint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

Derived terms

saunahaltias
saunanain

References

V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 508

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.na/
Rhymes: -awna
Hyphenation: sàu‧na

Noun

sauna f (plural saune)

sauna

Anagrams

nasua

Japanese

Romanization

sauna

Rōmaji transcription of サウナ

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.na/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -awna
Syllabification: sau‧na

Noun

sauna f

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.nɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.nɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.na/ [ˈsaʊ̯.na]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.nɐ/

Rhymes: -awnɐ
Hyphenation: sau‧na

Noun

sauna f (plural saunas)

sauna (room or a house designed for heat sessions)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sâuna/
Hyphenation: sa‧u‧na

Noun

sȁuna f (Cyrillic spelling са̏уна)

sauna

Declension

Declension of sauna

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	saune
genitive	saune	sauna
dative	sauni	saunama
accusative	saunu	saune
vocative	sauno	saune
locative	sauni	saunama
instrumental	saunom	saunama

References

“sauna” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna f (genitive singular sauny, nominative plural sauny, genitive plural sáun, declension pattern of žena)

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

Derived terms

saunový

Spanish

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsauna/ [ˈsau̯.na]
Rhymes: -auna
Syllabification: sau‧na

Noun

sauna f (plural saunas)

sauna

Tagalog

Etymology

From sa- +‎ una.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sa‧u‧na

IPA^(key): /saˈʔuna/, [sɐˈʔu.nɐ]

Adjective

sauna

of the old generation; of days long gone
mga taong sauna
people of the old generation

Derived terms

saunahin
sinauna

Turkish

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna (definite accusative saunayı, plural saunalar)

sauna

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

sauna

Definite accusative

saunayı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

sauna

saunalar

Definite accusative

saunayı

saunaları

Dative

saunaya

saunalara

Locative

saunada

saunalarda

Ablative

saunadan

saunalardan

Genitive

saunanın

saunaların

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	saunam	saunalarım
2nd singular	saunan	saunaların
3rd singular	saunası	saunaları
1st plural	saunamız	saunalarımız
2nd plural	saunanız	saunalarınız
3rd plural	saunaları	saunaları
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	saunamı	saunalarımı
2nd singular	saunanı	saunalarını
3rd singular	saunasını	saunalarını
1st plural	saunamızı	saunalarımızı
2nd plural	saunanızı	saunalarınızı
3rd plural	saunalarını	saunalarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	saunama	saunalarıma
2nd singular	saunana	saunalarına
3rd singular	saunasına	saunalarına
1st plural	saunamıza	saunalarımıza
2nd plural	saunanıza	saunalarınıza
3rd plural	saunalarına	saunalarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	saunamda	saunalarımda
2nd singular	saunanda	saunalarında
3rd singular	saunasında	saunalarında
1st plural	saunamızda	saunalarımızda
2nd plural	saunanızda	saunalarınızda
3rd plural	saunalarında	saunalarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	saunamdan	saunalarımdan
2nd singular	saunandan	saunalarından
3rd singular	saunasından	saunalarından
1st plural	saunamızdan	saunalarımızdan
2nd plural	saunanızdan	saunalarınızdan
3rd plural	saunalarından	saunalarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	saunamın	saunalarımın
2nd singular	saunanın	saunalarının
3rd singular	saunasının	saunalarının
1st plural	saunamızın	saunalarımızın
2nd plural	saunanızın	saunalarınızın
3rd plural	saunalarının	saunalarının

sauna

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Dutch

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Estonian

Noun

Faroese

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Finnish

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French

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Noun

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Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

Ingrian

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Noun

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Italian

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Noun

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Japanese

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Polish

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Noun

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Portuguese

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Serbo-Croatian

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Slovak