Home › Words › S › saunasauna/ˈsɔː.nə/sauna means A room or a house designed for heat sessions.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sauna ranks #29,379 of 42,747 for Qualifying.sauna is pronounced /ˈsɔː.nə/.EtymologyBorrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.nounA room or a house designed for heat sessions.e.g.“The hotel has a sauna in the basement.”The act of using a sauna.e.g.“John had a sauna after his swim.”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.e.g.“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:A very hot place or room.verbTo use a sauna.e.g.““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.” — 2026 January 18, Kristy Alpert, “The Europeans Have Some Notes About American Sauna Culture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).