see|Sauna
wikipedia
English

Etymology
From Finnish

Pronunciation
IPA: /sa�.na/
SAMPA: /<tt>saU.na</tt>/
audio|Sauna.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��n�|-��n�

Noun
en-noun

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

#:The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

1. An act of using a sauna.

#:John had a sauna after his swim.

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

Translations
trans-top|sauna room or house
Croatian: t-|hr|sauna|f
Czech: t-|cs|sauna|f
Estonian: t-|et|saun
Finnish: t+|fi|sauna
German: t+|de|Sauna|f
trans-mid
Interlingua: Interlingua#sauna|sauna
Swedish: t+|sv|bastu|c
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trans-top|act of using a sauna
Finnish: saunominen
German: Saunieren
trans-mid
Swedish: bastande n, bastubadande n
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Verb
en-verb

1. To use a sauna.

Translations
trans-top|to use a sauna
Dutch: t-|nl|sauna|m
Finnish: t-|fi|saunoa
French: t+|fr|sauna|m
trans-mid
German: t-|de|saunieren
Spanish: t+|es|sauna|f
Swedish: t+|sv|basta, t+|sv|bada bastu
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Category:Finnish derivations

Croatian

Etymology
From Fi.|hr term|sauna|lang=fi.

Noun
hr-noun|f

1. #English|sauna

Czech

Noun
sauna f

1. #English|sauna

Category:Czech nouns

Finnish

Etymology
From *sav�a, which is from *sak�a "winter dwelling", "a pit dug into snow for temporary shelter". Cognates include Estonian saun, Karelian soakna and Northern Sami suovdnji.

Noun
fi-noun|saun|type=kala

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

#:turkkilainen sauna
#::Turkish bath

1. context|idiomatic|archaic|langfi oppi|Opin sauna school (lit: "sauna of learning")

Derived terms
verbs: saunoa

See also
kiuas
lauteet
löyly
vasta
vihta

Italian
wikipedia|lang=it
Noun
it-noun|saun|f|a|e

1. sauna#English|sauna

See also
bagno turco

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