Swedish massage

noun

A popular style of massage involving effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, and vibration/shaking as the basic strokes.

Meanings

nounSwedish massage (countable and uncountable, plural Swedish massages)

plural Swedish massages

  1. countableuncountableA popular style of massage involving effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, and vibration/shaking as the basic strokes.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 瑞典式按摩
  • 瑞典式按摩 (ruìdiǎnshì ànmó)style of massage
Dutch Zweedse massage
  • Zweedse massagestyle of massage
Finnish klassinen ruotsalainen hieronta
  • klassinen ruotsalainen hierontastyle of massage
French massage suédois
  • massage suédoisstyle of massage
German schwedische Massage
  • schwedische Massagestyle of massage
Japanese スウェーデン式マッサージ, スウェディッシュマッサージ
  • スウェーデン式マッサージ (Suwēden-shiki massāji)style of massage
  • スウェディッシュマッサージ (Suwedisshu massāji)style of massage
Korean 스웨덴식 마사지
  • 스웨덴식 마사지 (Seuwedensik masaji)style of massage
Polish masaż szwedzki
  • masaż szwedzkistyle of massage
Russian шве́дский масса́ж
  • шве́дский масса́ж (švédskij massáž)style of massage
Spanish masaje sueco
  • masaje suecostyle of massage
Swedish svensk massage, klassisk massage
  • svensk massagestyle of massage
  • klassisk massagestyle of massage
Turkish İsveç masajı
  • İsveç masajıstyle of massage
Ukrainian шведський масаж
  • шведський масаж (švedsʹkyj masaž)style of massage
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APA

Swedish massage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedish%20massage

MLA

“Swedish massage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedish%20massage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swedish massage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedish%20massage.

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