Noun: sauna
| Singular | sauna |
| Plural | saunas |
Sample Sentences
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The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
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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. [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, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2022:]
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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. [2026 January 18, Kristy Alpert, “The Europeans Have Some Notes About American Sauna Culture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026:]
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John had a sauna after his swim.
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Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
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One of my favorite saunas was just one go and thirteen minutes long, including clean up time. [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, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2022:]
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McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre. [2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 250:]
Nouns inflected like sauna
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Possibly a doublet of stack. See: Finnish Nouns '
sauna'.
Verbs referencing "sauna"
Polish Nouns
sauna.