steam bath

See also: steambath

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

steam bath (plural steam baths)

1. A room or building filled with steam, in which people sit and sweat.
2. The act of bathing by exposure to steam.

Translations

room for bathing

• Armenian: շոգեբաղնիք (hy) (šogebaġnikʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸汽浴 (zh) (zhēngqìyù), 蒸汽室 (zh) (zhēngqìshì)

• Finnish: höyrysauna
• French: hammam (fr) m, bain de vapeur m
• Greek:

  Ancient: πυρία f (puría)

• Hungarian: gőzfürdő (hu)
• Icelandic: gufubað (is) n, eimbað (is) n
• Latin: sūdātōrium n
• Polish: łaźnia parowa f
• Portuguese: banho de vapor m, banho a vapor m, banho turco m
• Russian: ба́ня (ru) f (bánja), парова́я ба́ня f (parovája bánja)
• Swedish: ångbad, ångbastu c
• Turkish: hamam (tr)
• Yiddish: שוויץ f (shvits), שוויצבאָד f (shvitsbod)
• Yup'ik: maqivik

act of bathing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸汽浴 (zh) (zhēngqìyù)

• Finnish: höyrykylpy
• French: bain de vapeur m
• Hungarian: gőzfürdőzés
• Icelandic: gufubað (is) n, eimbað (is) n
• Portuguese: banho de vapor m, banho a vapor m
• Russian: ба́ня (ru) f (bánja), купа́ние (ru) n (kupánije)
• Swedish: ångbad

See also

• banya
• sauna
• Turkish bath