sauna C1 Topic:House & Home US /ˈsɔː.nə/ See IPA manual Freq #11043 Meanings 1 noun A hot room where people sit to sweat and relax, often with steam. The hotel has a sauna in the basement. 2 noun The act of spending time in a sauna. John had a sauna after his swim. 3 verb To spend time relaxing in a sauna. They like to sauna together after a long week. Verb forms Verb forms are not available for this word yet. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a hot room where people sit... sweat room More firebath Word family Forms saunas Derived forms cryosaunasaunalike Related forms banyabathhousehammamspasudatoriumsudatory Etymology AI details Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack. *(s)teg- (pole) Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # sauna **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈsɔː.nə/ **Frequency rank:** 11043 ## Meanings 1. A hot room where people sit to sweat and relax, often with steam. 2. The act of spending time in a sauna. 3. To spend time relaxing in a sauna. ## Examples - The hotel has a sauna in the basement. - John had a sauna after his swim. - They like to sauna together after a long week. ## Synonyms - firebath ## Derived Forms - cryosauna - saunalike ## Related Forms - banya - bathhouse - hammam - spa - sudatorium - sudatory ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *(s)teg- (pole) ## Etymology Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack. ## AI Etymology Sauna is borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack. In present-day use, it can mean a hot room where people sit to sweat and relax, often with steam, or the act of spending time in a sauna. Related forms include banya, bathhouse, hammam, spa, sudatorium. Derived formations include cryosauna, saunalike. ## Topics - House & Home markdown