sauna

See also: Sauna, saŭna, saună, sauną, and sa una

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Possibly a doublet of stack.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sô′nə, (imitating Finnish pronunciation) sou′nə
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.nə/, (imitating Finnish pronunciation) /ˈsaʊ.nə/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.nə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːnə

Noun

sauna (plural saunas)

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

   The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

   • 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^[2], archived from the original on 29 September 2022:

     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.

   • 2026 January 18, Kristy Alpert, “The Europeans Have Some Notes About American Sauna Culture”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 January 2026:

     As health-conscious Americans have jumped headfirst into saunas, some Europeans have at times also found themselves a little baffled by their fellow steam lovers’ behavior, worried a millennia-old tradition is being warped by American wellness culture.

2. The act of using a sauna.

   John had a sauna after his swim.

   Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.

   • 2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tony, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in North America”, in SaunaTimes‎^[4], archived from the original on 29 September 2022:

     One of my favorite saunas was just one go and thirteen minutes long, including clean up time.

3. 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.

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

Synonyms

• firebath

Derived terms

• barrel sauna
• cryosauna
• malt sauna
• sauna blanket
• sauna hat
• saunalike
• sauna pillow
• sauna stool
• sauna suit
• sauna water
• smoke sauna

Translations

sauna room or house

• Arabic: سَاوْنَا f (sāwnā), صُونَة f (ṣūna), سَوْنة f (sawna), سَوْنَا f (sawnā)
• Armenian: սաունա (hy) (sauna)
• Belarusian: са́ўна f (sáwna)
• Bulgarian: са́уна f (sáuna)
• Catalan: sauna (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桑拿 (zh) (sāngná), 桑拿浴 (sāngnáyù), 三溫暖 / 三温暖 (zh) (sānwēnnuǎn)

• Czech: sauna (cs) f
• Danish: sauna c
• Dutch: sauna (nl) m
• Esperanto: saŭno (eo)
• Estonian: saun (et)
• Faroese: sauna f
• Finnish: sauna (fi)
• French: sauna (fr) m
• Galician: sauna (gl) f
• Georgian: საუნა (sauna)
• German: Sauna (de) f
• Greek: σάουνα (el) f (sáouna), ατμόλουτρο (el) n (atmóloutro)

  Ancient Greek: πυρία f (puría)

• Hebrew: סָאוּנָה (he) m (sáuna)
• Hindi: सॉना (sŏnā)
• Hungarian: szauna (hu)
• Icelandic: sána (is) f, baðstofa (is) f, eimbað (is) n, gufubað (is) n
• Ido: sauno (io), stuvo (io)
• Indonesian: sauna (id)
• Ingrian: sauna, kyli (dialectal, obsolete)
• Interlingua: sauna
• Italian: sauna (it) f
• Japanese: サウナ (ja) (sauna)
• Karelian: kyly
• Korean: 사우나 (ko) (sauna)
• Latgalian: pierts m
• Latin: sūdātōrium n
• Latvian: pirts (lv) m
• Lithuanian: pirtis f, sauna (lt) f
• Māori: umuroa
• Marathi: सॉना m (sŏnā)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: момоца (momoca)

• Navajo: táchééh
• Norwegian: badstue f
• Persian: سونا (fa) (sonâ)
• Polish: sauna (pl) f, łaźnia (pl)
• Portuguese: sauna (pt) f
• Romanian: saună f
• Russian: са́уна (ru) f (sáuna), фи́нская ба́ня f (fínskaja bánja)
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: säu´nn

• Serbo-Croatian: sauna (sh) f
• Slovak: sauna f
• Spanish: sauna (es) m or f
• Sudovian: pirtis
• Swedish: bastu (sv) c, sauna (sv) c
• Thai: ซาวน่า (saaonâa)
• Turkish: sauna (tr)
• Ukrainian: са́уна f (sáuna), ла́зня (uk) f (láznja)
• Vietnamese: phòng tắm hơi
• Yiddish: שוויץ m (shvits), שוויצבאָד f (shvitsbod)

act of using a sauna

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: saun (et), saunatamine
• Finnish: saunominen (fi), sauna (fi)
• German: Saunieren
• Greek: ατμόλουτρο (el) n (atmóloutro)
• Polish: sauna (pl) f
• Portuguese: banho de sauna m
• Romanian: baie de abur f
• Swedish: bastande (sv) n, bastubadande n

See also

• banya
• bathhouse
• hammam
• spa
• steam bath
• sudatorium
• sudatory
• sweat lodge
• Turkish bath

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To use a sauna.
   • 2026 January 18, Kristy Alpert, “The Europeans Have Some Notes About American Sauna Culture”, in The New York Times‎^[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     “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.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Translations

to use a sauna

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: saunaën (nl)
• Estonian: saunatama
• Finnish: saunoa (fi)
• French: prendre (fr) un (fr) sauna (fr)
• German: saunieren (de)
• Hungarian: szaunázik
• Italian: usare una sauna
• Japanese: サウナに入る (sauna ni hairu)
• Korean: 사우나에 들어가다 (sauna-e deureogada)
• Portuguese: tomar banho de sauna
• Spanish: tomar un sauna, tomar una sauna
• Swedish: basta (sv), bada bastu (sv), gå i bastu (Finland)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Derived from Finnish sauna.

Noun

sauna (definite accusative saunanı, plural saunalar)

1. sauna

Declension

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

Further reading

• “sauna” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

sauna f (plural saunes)

1. sauna

Further reading

• “sauna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Finnic *sakna

Finnish saunabor.

Czech sauna

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsau̯na]

• Audio:

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Noun

sauna f

1. sauna

Declension

Declension of sauna (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	sauny
genitive	sauny	saun
dative	sauně	saunám
accusative	saunu	sauny
vocative	sauno	sauny
locative	sauně	saunách
instrumental	saunou	saunami

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯.naː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sau‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː

Noun

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

1. 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.

2. (often diminutive) a session in a sauna

Derived terms

• buitensauna
• huissauna

See also

• stoombad

Estonian

Noun

sauna

1. genitive/partitive/illative singular 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

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna (compare southeastern dialectal saakna, sakna, Estonian saun), possibly borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *stakna- (later *stakkaz, whence English stack). Older sense likely “winter dwelling, a pit dug into snow for temporary shelter”, compare Northern Sami suovdnji (“pit dug in snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝u̯nɑ̝]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑunɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sau‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): sau‧na

Noun

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 cure it.

2. (by extension) Any bath where sweating is part of the bathing process.

   turkkilainen sauna ― Turkish bath

3. (figuratively) a very hot place, oven

   Synonyms: helvetti, pätsi

   Täällä on kuin saunassa.

   It's like a sauna in here.

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 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

Meronyms

Basic sauna vocabulary:

• jäähy
• kiuas
• kiulu
• lauteet
• löyly
• löylyhuone
• löylykauha
• pefletti
• pesuhuone
• pukuhuone
• takkahuone
• vasta
• vihta

Derived terms

nouns

• opin sauna
• saunio
• yleinen sauna

verbs

• saunoa
• viedä saunan taakse

compounds

• edustussauna
• 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]‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• asuna, nasua

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so.na/

Noun

sauna m (plural saunas)

1. sauna

Further reading

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

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. fool, incompetent person

Indonesian

Etymology

From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sauna (plural sauna-sauna)

1. sauna

Ingrian

Sauna (1).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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^[7], 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^[8], 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

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.

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^[9], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 508

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sauna f (plural saune)

1. sauna

See also

• bagno turco

Anagrams

• nasua

Japanese

Romanization

sauna

1. Rōmaji transcription of サウナ

Lithuanian

sauna

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹ˈsɑˑʊnɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɑˑʊnɐ
• Syllabification: sáu‧na

Noun

sáuna f (plural sáunos) stress pattern 1

1. sauna (sauna room or house)

   Synonym: (more general) pirtis

Declension

Declension of sáuna

	singular	plural
nominative	sáuna	sáunos
genitive	sáunos	sáunų
dative	sáunai	sáunoms
accusative	sáuną	sáunas
instrumental	sáuna	sáunomis
locative	sáunoje	sáunose
vocative	sáuna	sáunos

References

• “sauna”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026

Polish

sauna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awna
• Syllabification: sau‧na

Noun

sauna f

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

Declension

Declension of sauna

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	sauny
genitive	sauny	saun
dative	saunie	saunom
accusative	saunę	sauny
instrumental	sauną	saunami
locative	saunie	saunach
vocative	sauno	sauny

Further reading

• “sauna”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[10] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sauna”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[11] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.nɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -awnɐ
• Hyphenation: sau‧na

Noun

sauna f (plural saunas)

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

Further reading

• “sauna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sauna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sȁuna f (Cyrillic spelling са̏уна)

1. sauna

Declension

Declension of sauna

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	saune
genitive	saune	sauna
dative	sauni	saunama
accusative	saunu	saune
vocative	sauno	saune
locative	sauni	saunama
instrumental	saunom	saunama

References

• “sauna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Finnic *sakna

Finnish saunabor.

Slovak sauna

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sauna/, [ˈsauna]
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: sa‧u‧na

Noun

sauna f (relational adjective saunový)

1. sauna

Declension

Declension of sauna
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	sauna	sauny
genitive	sauny	sáun
dative	saune	saunám
accusative	saunu	sauny
locative	saune	saunách
instrumental	saunou	saunami

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, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sauna f (plural saunas)

1. sauna

See also

• baño turco
• temascal

Further reading

• “sauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• saona — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *sa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sa

Tagalog sa

Tagalog sa-

Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah

Tagalog una

Tagalog sauna

From sa- + una.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sauna (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜂᜈ)

1. of the old generation; of days long gone

   mga taong sauna ― people of the old generation

Derived terms

• saunahin
• sinauna

Further reading

• “sauna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Finnic *sakna

Finnish saunabor.

Turkish sauna

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

Noun

sauna (definite accusative saunayı, plural saunalar)

1. sauna

Declension

Declension of sauna

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