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Sauna

Sauna

See also: sauna

German

Noun

Sauna f ‎(genitive Sauna, plural Saunen)

  1. sauna

sauna

sauna

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English

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

Synonyms

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Verb

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

  1. To use a sauna.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈsawnə/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈsawna/

Noun

sauna f ‎(plural saunes)

  1. sauna

Czech

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna f

  1. sauna

Declension

Estonian

Noun

sauna

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

  1. sauna

Declension

Declension of sauna
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

Finnish

(index sa)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna, an early Germanic loan from the same root as e.g. 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/
  • Hyphenation: sau‧na
  • Rhymes: -ɑunɑ

Noun

sauna

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

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
gen. saunan
genitive saunan saunojen
saunainrare
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

Derived terms

Compounds

  • saunailta
  • saunamajuri
  • saunaolut
  • sähkösauna
  • telttasauna

Meronyms

Basic sauna vocabulary:

Anagrams

Hausa

Noun

saunā̀ m, f ‎(plural saunoni)

  1. fool, incompetent person

Italian

Noun

sauna f ‎(plural saune)

  1. sauna

See also

Japanese

Romanization

sauna

  1. rōmaji reading of サウナ

Polish

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsawna/, [ˈs̪awn̪a]

Noun

sauna f

  1. sauna

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -awna

Noun

sauna f (plural saunas)

  1. 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)

  1. sauna

Declension

References

  • “sauna” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna f ‎(genitive singular sauny, nominative plural sauny)

  1. sauna

Declension

Spanish

Noun

sauna f ‎(plural saunas)

  1. sauna

Votic

Etymology

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

Noun

sauna ‎(genitive saunaa, partitive [please provide])

  1. sauna

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • "sauna" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Etymology

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