sauna

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.nə/, (respecting Finnish pronunciation) /ˈsaʊ.nə/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔːnə

sauna (plural saunas)

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

   The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

2. The act of using a sauna.

   John had a sauna after his swim.

   Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.

3. A public sauna.
4. 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.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 250:

     McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.

5. (informal, figuratively) A very hot place or room.

• firebath

• sauna blanket
• sauna suit
• saunagoer

• banya
• hammam
• spa
• steam bath
• sudatorium
• sudatory
• Turkish bath

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

1. To use a sauna.

From Finnish sauna.

sauna (definite accusative saunanı, plural saunalar)

1. sauna

Declension of sauna
	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	saunalar
definite accusative	saunanı	saunaları
dative	saunaya	saunalara
locative	saunada	saunalarda
ablative	saunadan	saunalardan
definite genitive	saunanın	saunaların

Possessive forms of sauna
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	saunam	saunalarım
sənin (“your”)	saunan	saunaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	saunası	saunaları
bizim (“our”)	saunamız	saunalarımız
sizin (“your”)	saunanız	saunalarınız
onların (“their”)	saunası or saunaları	saunaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	saunamı	saunalarımı
sənin (“your”)	saunanı	saunalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	saunasını	saunalarını
bizim (“our”)	saunamızı	saunalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	saunanızı	saunalarınızı
onların (“their”)	saunasını or saunalarını	saunalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	saunama	saunalarıma
sənin (“your”)	saunana	saunalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	saunasına	saunalarına
bizim (“our”)	saunamıza	saunalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	saunanıza	saunalarınıza
onların (“their”)	saunasına or saunalarına	saunalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	saunamda	saunalarımda
sənin (“your”)	saunanda	saunalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	saunasında	saunalarında
bizim (“our”)	saunamızda	saunalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	saunanızda	saunalarınızda
onların (“their”)	saunasında or saunalarında	saunalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	saunamdan	saunalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	saunandan	saunalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	saunasından	saunalarından
bizim (“our”)	saunamızdan	saunalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	saunanızdan	saunalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	saunasından or saunalarından	saunalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	saunamın	saunalarımın
sənin (“your”)	saunanın	saunalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	saunasının	saunalarının
bizim (“our”)	saunamızın	saunalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	saunanızın	saunalarınızın
onların (“their”)	saunasının or saunalarının	saunalarının

• “sauna” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsaw.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsaw.na]

sauna f (plural saunes)

1. sauna

• “sauna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

sauna f

1. sauna

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯.naː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sau‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː

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

1. 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 quotation)

2. (often diminutive) a session in a sauna

• buitensauna
• huissauna

• stoombad

sauna

1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of saun

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

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

sauna f (genitive singular saunu, plural saunur)

1. sauna

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

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”).

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

sauna

1. 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.

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

   turkkilainen sauna ― Turkish bath

3. (figuratively) a very hot place

   Synonyms: helvetti, pätsi

   Täällä on kuin saunassa.

   It's like a sauna in here.

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 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
abessive		saunatta	saunoitta
instructive		—	saunoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative saunani saunani accusative nom. saunani saunani gen. saunani genitive saunani saunojeni saunaini rare partitive saunaani saunojani inessive saunassani saunoissani elative saunastani saunoistani illative saunaani saunoihini adessive saunallani saunoillani ablative saunaltani saunoiltani allative saunalleni saunoilleni essive saunanani saunoinani translative saunakseni saunoikseni abessive saunattani saunoittani instructive — — comitative — saunoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative saunasi saunasi accusative nom. saunasi saunasi gen. saunasi genitive saunasi saunojesi saunaisi rare partitive saunaasi saunojasi inessive saunassasi saunoissasi elative saunastasi saunoistasi illative saunaasi saunoihisi adessive saunallasi saunoillasi ablative saunaltasi saunoiltasi allative saunallesi saunoillesi essive saunanasi saunoinasi translative saunaksesi saunoiksesi abessive saunattasi saunoittasi instructive — — comitative — saunoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative saunamme saunamme accusative nom. saunamme saunamme gen. saunamme genitive saunamme saunojemme saunaimme rare partitive saunaamme saunojamme inessive saunassamme saunoissamme elative saunastamme saunoistamme illative saunaamme saunoihimme adessive saunallamme saunoillamme ablative saunaltamme saunoiltamme allative saunallemme saunoillemme essive saunanamme saunoinamme translative saunaksemme saunoiksemme abessive saunattamme saunoittamme instructive — — comitative — saunoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative saunanne saunanne accusative nom. saunanne saunanne gen. saunanne genitive saunanne saunojenne saunainne rare partitive saunaanne saunojanne inessive saunassanne saunoissanne elative saunastanne saunoistanne illative saunaanne saunoihinne adessive saunallanne saunoillanne ablative saunaltanne saunoiltanne allative saunallenne saunoillenne essive saunananne saunoinanne translative saunaksenne saunoiksenne abessive saunattanne saunoittanne instructive — — comitative — saunoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative saunansa saunansa accusative nom. saunansa saunansa gen. saunansa genitive saunansa saunojensa saunainsa rare partitive saunaansa saunojaan saunojansa inessive saunassaan saunassansa saunoissaan saunoissansa elative saunastaan saunastansa saunoistaan saunoistansa illative saunaansa saunoihinsa adessive saunallaan saunallansa saunoillaan saunoillansa ablative saunaltaan saunaltansa saunoiltaan saunoiltansa allative saunalleen saunallensa saunoilleen saunoillensa essive saunanaan saunanansa saunoinaan saunoinansa translative saunakseen saunaksensa saunoikseen saunoiksensa abessive saunattaan saunattansa saunoittaan saunoittansa instructive — — comitative — saunoineen saunoinensa

Basic sauna vocabulary:

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

• “sauna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• asuna, nasua

IPA^(key): /so.na/

sauna m (plural saunas)

1. sauna

• “sauna”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

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

1. fool, incompetent person

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

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑu̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈʃɑu̯nɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯n, -ɑu̯nɑ
• Hyphenation: sau‧na

sauna

1. sauna, banya
   • 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Tari loan kylästä, “1465. Soikkola, Viistinä, III336”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎^[2], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, line 1:

     Sai miun saunaa emmoin,

     My mother got into my banya,

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:

     Eli oli keltasuin cirkkulaisen poika, kutsuttii häntä Puudikka, eli hää saunan ikkunan pääl, ylimäisen nalicnikan takan, soojaas pesääs.

     There was a yellow-beaked young of a sparrow, he was called Puudikka, he lived on the window of a banya, behind the upper trim, in a warm nest.

   • 2008, Inkeri‎^[3], volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 13:

     Kel on koltkymment vootta, kel on 35, kel on 26 vootta, i, perkele, käyvät, tullaa humalas, evät... mitä höö söövät, miä vaa, mitä höö söövät! Saunaa pittää, halkoa kera ossettu. Mitälee pittää tehä.

     Who is thirty years old, who is 35, who is 26 years old, and, darn it, they go, they drink themselves silly, they don't, they eat nothing, only me, they eat nothing! When you go to the banya, one has to have bought the billets. One has to do something.

2. (colloquial) beating

   antaa kellelee saunaa ― to give a beating to someone

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.

• (banya): (dialectal, obsolete) kyli

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сауна”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 691
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 508

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

sauna f (plural saune)

1. sauna

• bagno turco

• nasua

sauna

1. Rōmaji transcription of サウナ

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊ̯nɐ/

sáuna f (plural saunos) stress pattern 1

1. sauna (sauna room or house)

   Synonym: (more general) pirtis

• “sauna”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Internationalism; compare English sauna, French sauna, German Sauna, ultimately from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awna
• Syllabification: sau‧na

sauna f

1. sauna (sauna room or house)
2. sauna (act of using a sauna)

• sauna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sauna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -awnɐ
• Hyphenation: sau‧na

sauna f (plural saunas)

1. sauna (room or a house designed for heat sessions)

From Finnish sauna.

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

sȁuna f (Cyrillic spelling са̏уна)

1. sauna

• “sauna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• sauna on the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sh

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

sauna f

1. sauna

• saunový

• “sauna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

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

sauna f (plural saunas)

1. sauna

• baño turco
• temascal

• “sauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

• saona — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

From sa- +‎ una.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈʔuna/ [sɐˈʔuː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: sa‧u‧na

sauna (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜂᜈ)

1. of the old generation; of days long gone

   mga taong sauna ― people of the old generation

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

sauna (definite accusative saunayı, plural saunalar)

1. sauna

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