sauna
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
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Verb edit
sauna (third-person singular simple present saunas, present participle saunaing, simple past and past participle saunaed)
- To use a sauna.
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Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sauna (definite accusative saunanı, plural saunalar)
Declension edit
Declension of sauna | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | sauna |
saunalar | ||||||
definite accusative | saunanı |
saunaları | ||||||
dative | saunaya |
saunalara | ||||||
locative | saunada |
saunalarda | ||||||
ablative | saunadan |
saunalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | saunanın |
saunaların |
Further reading edit
- “sauna” in Obastan.com.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauna f (plural saunes)
Further reading edit
- “sauna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.
Noun edit
sauna f
Declension edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauna m (plural sauna's, diminutive saunaatje n)
- 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.
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- 1926 January 26, "Lezing te Amsterdam van den heer Schuiling over Finland", Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (evening edition, D), page 2.
- (often diminutive) a session in a sauna
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Estonian edit
Noun edit
sauna
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauna f (genitive singular saunu, plural saunur)
Declension edit
Declension of sauna | ||||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 heal it.
- Any bath where sweating is part of the bathing process.
- turkkilainen sauna ― Turkish bath
- (figuratively) a very hot place
Declension edit
Inflection of sauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | saunatta | saunoitta | ||
instructive | — | saunoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Meronyms edit
Basic sauna vocabulary:
Derived terms edit
- nouns: opin sauna, yleinen sauna
- verbs: saunoa, saunottaa, viedä saunan taakse
Compounds edit
- hirsisauna
- joulusauna
- juhannussauna
- kalasauna
- lauantaisauna
- leirisauna
- lenkkisauna
- maasauna
- mallassauna
- niittysauna
- pihasauna
- puusauna
- rantasauna
- saunaelämys
- saunaeriste
- saunaetiketti
- saunaharja
- saunahattu
- saunahullu
- saunailta
- saunaistuin
- saunajakkara
- saunajuoma
- saunajurtta
- saunakahvi
- saunakaiutin
- saunakaivo
- saunakalja
- saunakamari
- saunakukka
- saunakulttuuri
- saunalenkki
- saunaliike
- saunalyhty
- saunamaija
- saunamajuri
- saunamakkara
- saunamarkkinat
- saunamatka
- saunamatto
- saunamessut
- saunamittari
- saunamyssy
- saunamökki
- saunanhaltija
- saunanovi
- saunanpenkki
- saunaolut
- saunaosasto
- saunapalo
- saunapalvi
- saunapalvikinkku
- saunapata
- saunapirtti
- saunapolku
- saunapuhdas
- saunapuut
- saunapyyhe
- saunapäivä
- saunarakennus
- saunaranta
- saunaremontti
- saunaruoka
- saunasieni
- saunasuola
- saunatakki
- saunatie
- saunatonttu
- saunatupa
- saunatyyny
- saunavaha
- saunavalaisin
- saunavasta
- saunavesi
- saunavieras
- saunavihta
- saunavuoro
- savusauna
- sekasauna
- selkäsauna
- sähkösauna
- telttasauna
- turpasauna
- tynnyrisauna
- yhteissauna
Descendants edit
- → English: sauna
- → French: sauna
- → German: Sauna
- → Norwegian Bokmål: sauna
- → Russian: са́уна (sáuna) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “sauna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauna m (plural saunas)
Further reading edit
- “sauna”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
saunā̀ m or f (plural saunōnī, possessed form saunàn)
- fool, incompetent person
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *sakna. Cognates include Finnish sauna and Estonian saun.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑu̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈʃɑu̯nɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯n, -ɑu̯nɑ
- Hyphenation: sau‧na
Noun edit
sauna
- sauna, banya
- (colloquial) beating
- antaa kellelee saunaa ― to give a beating to someone
Declension edit
Declension of sauna (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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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. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 508
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauna f (plural saune)
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
sauna
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; compare English sauna, French sauna, German Sauna, ultimately from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauna f
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -awnɐ
- Hyphenation: sau‧na
Noun edit
sauna f (plural saunas)
- sauna (room or a house designed for heat sessions)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sȁuna f (Cyrillic spelling са̏уна)
Declension edit
References edit
- “sauna” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Further reading edit
- sauna on the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia sh
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.
Noun edit
sauna f (genitive singular sauny, nominative plural sauny, genitive plural sáun, declension pattern of žena)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauna f (plural saunas)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “sauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
- saona — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
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Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sauna (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜂᜈ)
- of the old generation; of days long gone
- mga taong sauna ― people of the old generation
Derived terms edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.
Noun edit
sauna (definite accusative saunayı, plural saunalar)
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Nominative | sauna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | saunayı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | sauna | saunalar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | saunayı | saunaları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | saunaya | saunalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | saunada | saunalarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | saunadan | saunalardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | saunanın | saunaların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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