steam bath

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See also: steambath

English

Noun

steam bath (plural steam baths)

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

Translations

room for bathing

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