英和和英

語源

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

発音

• enPR: sô′nə, (respecting Finnish pronunciation) sou′nə
• IPA: /ˈsɔː.nə/, (respecting Finnish pronunciation) /ˈsaʊ.nə/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈsɑː.nə/
• 韻: -ɔːnə

名詞

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:

     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, →ISSN:

     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:

     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.

同意語

• firebath

派生語

参考

動詞

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, →ISSN:

     “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.