Turkish bath

noun

An Islamic steam bath followed by a massage and, if running water is available, a dip in cool water.

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hammambagniosteam bathvapor bathvapour bath
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Meanings

nounTurkish bath (plural Turkish baths)

plural Turkish baths

  1. An Islamic steam bath followed by a massage and, if running water is available, a dip in cool water.

    [Mrs. Haggerty:] Do you have a dining hall this time? [Railway clerk:] Yes madam, everything but a Turkish bath!

    1932, Jules Furthman, Shanghai Express

    Synonyms: hammam, bagnio

  2. An establishment where these facilities are available.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn Islamic steam bath followed by a massage and, if running water is available, a dip in cool water.

Similar
hammambagnio

More synonyms by meaning

nounyou sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower

Similar
steam bathvapor bathvapour bath
Broader
washupbathing
Also see
steam bathvapour bath

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic حَمَّام عَامّ, حَمَّام
  • حَمَّام عَامّ (ḥammām ʕāmm)establishment
  • حَمَّام (ḥammām)establishment
Bengali হাম্মাম
  • হাম্মাম (hammam)establishment
Bulgarian хама́м
  • хама́м (hamám)establishment
Chinese Mandarin 澡堂, 土耳其浴
  • 澡堂 (zǎotáng)establishment
  • 土耳其浴 (Tǔ'ěrqí yù)establishment
Czech turecká lázeň, hammam
  • turecká lázeňestablishment
  • hammamestablishment
  • hamamestablishment
Danish tyrkisk bad
  • tyrkisk badestablishment
Dutch hamam
  • hamamestablishment
Finnish turkkilainen sauna
  • turkkilainen saunaestablishment
French hammam
  • hammamestablishment
German Hammam, Hamam
  • Hammamestablishment
  • Hamamestablishment
Greek χαμάμ, Τουρκικό μπάνιο
  • χαμάμ (chamám)establishment
  • Τουρκικό μπάνιο (Tourkikó bánio)establishment
Hebrew חַמָּאם
  • חַמָּאם (hamám)establishment
Hindi हमाम, हम्माम
  • हमाम (hamām)establishment
  • हम्माम (hammām)establishment
Hungarian törökfürdő
  • törökfürdőestablishment
Indonesian hamam
  • hamamestablishment
Irish folcadh Turcach
  • folcadh Turcachestablishment
Japanese ハンマーム
  • ハンマーム (hanmāmu)establishment
Korean 하맘
  • 하맘 (hamam)establishment
Malay mandi tangas, mandi wap
  • mandi tangasestablishment
  • mandi wapestablishment
  • hamamestablishment
Portuguese banho turco
  • banho turcoestablishment
Romanian baie de aburi, baie turcească
  • baie de aburisteam bath
  • baie turceascăestablishment
Russian ба́ня, хама́м
  • ба́ня (bánja)establishment
  • хама́м (xamám)establishment
  • хамма́м (xammám)establishment
  • туре́цкая ба́ня (turéckaja bánja)establishment
Spanish baño turco, hammam
  • baño turcoestablishment
  • hammamestablishment
Swahili hamamu
  • hamamuestablishment
Swedish turkiskt bad, turk
  • turkiskt badsteam bath
  • turksteam bath
  • turkiskt badestablishment
  • turkestablishment
Turkish hamam, ısıdan
  • hamamestablishment
  • ısıdanestablishment
  • sıcakestablishment
Ukrainian хама́м, хамма́м
  • хама́м (xamám)establishment
  • хамма́м (xammám)establishment
  • ама́м (amám)establishment
Urdu حَمَّام
  • حَمَّام (hammām)establishment
Cite this entry
APA

Turkish bath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkish%20bath

MLA

“Turkish bath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkish%20bath. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Turkish bath,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkish%20bath.

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