sauna

Substantiv

1. 1

   A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

   The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

   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.

   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. 2

   The act of using a sauna.

   John had a sauna after his swim.

   Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.

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

3. 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.

   McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.

4. 4

   übertragenA very hot place or room.

Verb

1. 1

   To use a sauna.

   “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.

Formen

Plural

saunas

Präteritum

saunaed

Partizip II

saunaed

Partizip I

saunaing

3. Person Singular

saunas