sauna
/ˈsɔː.nə/
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cot caught merger/ˈsɑː.nə/
sauna noun: a room or a house designed for heat sessions.
Noun
sauna (plural saunas)
- A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
- The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
- Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough.2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tyler, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in North America”, in SaunaTimes, archived from the original on 29...
- The act of using a sauna.
- John had a sauna after his swim.
- Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
- In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
- McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 250
- A very hot place or room.
Verb
sauna (third-person singular simple present saunas, present participle saunaing, simple past and past participle saunaed)
- To use a sauna.
- “I find it disgusting,” she said. “It would be a total no-no to go to a sauna in Austria with your bathing suit, and an insult to wear workout clothes.” She now saunas at home.2026 January 18, Kristy Alpert, “The Europeans Have Some Notes About American Sauna Culture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
sauna meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
sauna in Hindi
- sauna room or house
- सॉना sŏnā
sauna in Tamil
- சௌனா
sauna in Marathi
- sauna room or house
- सॉना sŏnā
sauna in Bengali
- সৌনা
More languagesFewer languages
- sauna in Malayalam
- സൌണ
- sauna in Kannada
- ಸೌನಾ, ಸೌನಾಗೆ
- sauna in Punjabi
- ਸੌਨਾ
- sauna in Odia
- ସୌନା
- sauna in Nepali
- सौना
- sauna in Arabic
- سَاوْنَا sāwnā, صُونَة ṣūna, سَوْنة sawna, سَوْنَا sawnā
- sauna in Indonesian
- sauna
- sauna in Persian
- سونا sonâ
- sauna in Thai
- ซาวน่า saaonâa
- sauna in Vietnamese
- phòng tắm hơi
Examples of sauna in a sentence
- A wide range of facilities is available at the sports center, including a weight room and saunas.
- A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.
- “Sauna blankets claim to help de-stress, detox and reduce inflammation,” says Dr Perry.
Synonyms of sauna
Forms of sauna
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | saunas |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | saunas |
| present participle | saunaing |
| past participle | saunaed |
| past | saunaed |
Origin of sauna
Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Possibly a doublet of stack.
Words formed from sauna
Phrases with sauna
Words that rhyme with sauna
Questions about sauna
- What does sauna mean?
- Sauna means a room or a house designed for heat sessions.
- What is sauna in Hindi?
- Sauna in Hindi is सॉना (sŏnā). See Sauna meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sauna?
- Sauna can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sauna?
- Sauna is pronounced /ˈsɔː.nə/.
- What is the plural of sauna?
- The plural of sauna is saunas.
Words near sauna in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sauna (page history and authors); sauna (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sauna (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sauna (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sauna (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sauna (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sauna (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sauna (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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