# sauna
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: sô′nə, (respecting Finnish pronunciation) sou′nə
* IPA: /ˈsɔː.nə/, (respecting Finnish pronunciation) /ˈsaʊ.nə/
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈsɑː.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 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.
* (informal, figuratively) A very hot place or room.

#### Synonyms

* firebath

#### Derived terms

* barrel sauna
* malt sauna
* sauna blanket
* saunagoer
* sauna hat
* sauna pillow
* sauna stool
* sauna suit
* smoke sauna

#### See also

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

### Verb

sauna (third-person singular simple present saunas, present participle saunaing, simple past and past participle saunaed)
* To use a sauna.

#### Translations
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

### Noun

sauna (definite accusative saunanı, plural saunalar)
* sauna

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “sauna” in Obastan.com.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsaw.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsaw.na]

### Noun

sauna f (plural saunes)
* sauna

### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Noun

sauna f
* sauna

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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”, in Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, evening D edition, 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.Some of the numerous luminaries were related to Lönnrot and its famous Kalewala, and in connection with it, the Sauna (bathhouse) got a turn.
* (often diminutive) a session in a sauna

#### Derived terms

* buitensauna
* huissauna

### See also

* stoombad

## Estonian
### Noun

sauna
* genitive/partitive/illative singular of saun

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ]
* Hyphenation: sau‧na
* Rhymes: -ɑu̯nɑ
* Homophone: savna

### Noun

sauna f (genitive singular saunu, plural saunur)
* sauna

#### Declension
## 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: /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝u̯nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑunɑ
* Hyphenation: 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 cure it.
* Any bath where sweating is part of the bathing process.
    turkkilainen sauna ― Turkish bath
* (figuratively) a very hot place
    Synonyms: helvetti, pätsi
    Täällä on kuin saunassa.It's like a sauna in here.

#### Declension

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 :

#### Meronyms

Basic sauna vocabulary:
* jäähy
* kiuas
* kiulu
* lauteet
* löyly
* löylyhuone
* löylykauha
* pefletti
* pesuhuone
* pukuhuone
* takkahuone
* vasta
* vihta

#### Derived terms

* opin sauna
* saunio
* yleinen sauna
* saunoa
* viedä saunan taakse
* hirsisauna
* höyrysauna
* infrapunasauna
* infrasauna
* joulusauna
* juhannussauna
* kalasauna
* lauantaisauna
* leirisauna
* lenkkisauna
* maasauna
* mallassauna
* mökkisauna
* niittysauna
* pihasauna
* puusauna
* rantasauna
* Sauna-aho
* saunaelämys
* saunaeriste
* saunaetiketti
* saunaharja
* saunahattu
* saunahullu
* saunahunaja
* saunailta
* saunaistuin
* saunajakkara
* saunajuoma
* saunajurtta
* saunakahvi
* saunakaiutin
* saunakaivo
* saunakalja
* saunakamari
* saunakiuas
* saunakiulu
* saunakukka
* saunakulttuuri
* Saunalahti
* saunalenkki
* saunaliike
* saunalyhty
* saunamaija
* saunamajuri
* saunamakkara
* saunamarkkinat
* saunamatka
* saunamatto
* saunamessut
* saunamittari
* saunamyssy
* Saunamäki
* saunamökki
* saunanhaltija
* saunanovi
* saunanpenkki
* saunaolut
* saunaosasto
* saunapalo
* saunapalvata
* saunapalvi
* saunapalvikinkku
* saunapata
* saunapirtti
* saunapolku
* saunapuhdas
* saunapuut
* saunapyyhe
* saunapäivä
* saunarakennus
* saunaranta
* saunaremontti
* saunaruoka
* saunasieni
* saunasuola
* saunatakki
* saunatie
* saunatonttu
* saunatuoksu
* saunatupa
* saunatyyny
* saunavaha
* saunavalaisin
* saunavasta
* saunavesi
* saunavieras
* saunavihta
* saunavuoro
* savusauna
* sekasauna
* selkäsauna
* sähkösauna
* talosauna
* telttasauna
* turpasauna
* tynnyrisauna
* yhteissauna

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

* “sauna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

### Anagrams

* asuna, nasua

## French
### Pronunciation

IPA: /so.na/

### Noun

sauna m (plural saunas)
* sauna

### Further reading

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

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sáu.nàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [sáu.nàː]

### Noun

saunā̀ m or f (plural saunōnī, possessed form saunàn)
* fool, incompetent person

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

sauna
* 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, 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, 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.
* (colloquial) beating
    antaa kellelee saunaa ― to give a beating to someone

#### Synonyms

* (banya): (dialectal, obsolete) kyli

#### Derived terms

* saunaallas
* saunahaltias
* saunanain

### References

* 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, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 508

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaw.na/
* Rhymes: -awna
* Hyphenation: sàu‧na

### Noun

sauna f (plural saune)
* sauna

#### See also

* bagno turco

### Anagrams

* nasua

## Japanese
### Romanization

sauna
* Rōmaji transcription of サウナ

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaʊ̯nɐ/

### Noun

sáuna f (plural saunos) stress pattern 1
* sauna (sauna room or house)
    Synonym: (more general) pirtis

#### Declension
### References

* “sauna”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

sauna f
* sauna (sauna room or house)
* sauna (act of using a sauna)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.nɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.nɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.nɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.nɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.na/ [ˈsaʊ̯.na]
* (Portugal) IPA: /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: /sâuna/
* Hyphenation: sa‧u‧na

### Noun

sȁuna f (Cyrillic spelling са̏уна)
* sauna

#### Declension
### References

* “sauna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Further reading

* sauna on the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{sh}$

## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsauna]

### Noun

sauna f (relational adjective saunový)
* sauna

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsauna/ [ˈsau̯.na]
* Rhymes: -auna
* Syllabification: sau‧na

### Noun

sauna f (plural saunas)
* sauna

### See also

* baño turco
* temascal

### Further reading

* “sauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* saona — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology

From sa- +‎ una.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

sauna (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜂᜈ)
* 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

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 :