Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; ‘vapour bath’ is a British term
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Broader
nounyou sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek πυρία
- πυρία (puría)room for bathing
Bulgarian парна баня
- парна баня (parna banja)room for bathing
Chinese Mandarin 蒸汽浴, 蒸汽室
- 蒸汽浴 (zhēngqìyù)room for bathing
- 蒸汽室 (zhēngqìshì)room for bathing
- 蒸汽浴 (zhēngqìyù)act of bathing
Finnish höyrysauna, höyrykylpy
- höyrysaunaroom for bathing
- höyrykylpyact of bathing
French hammam, bain de vapeur
- hammamroom for bathing
- bain de vapeurroom for bathing
- bain de vapeuract of bathing
Hungarian gőzfürdő, gőzfürdőzés
- gőzfürdőroom for bathing
- gőzfürdőzésact of bathing
Icelandic gufubað, eimbað
- gufubaðroom for bathing
- eimbaðroom for bathing
- gufubaðact of bathing
- eimbaðact of bathing
Latin sūdātōrium
- sūdātōriumroom for bathing
Polish łaźnia parowa
- łaźnia parowaroom for bathing
Portuguese banho de vapor, banho a vapor
- banho de vaporroom for bathing
- banho a vaporroom for bathing
- banho turcoroom for bathing
- banho de vaporact of bathing
- banho a vaporact of bathing
Russian ба́ня, парова́я ба́ня
- ба́ня (bánja)room for bathing
- парова́я ба́ня (parovája bánja)room for bathing
- ба́ня (bánja)act of bathing
- купа́ние (kupánije)act of bathing
Swedish ångbad, ångbastu
- ångbadroom for bathing
- ångbasturoom for bathing
- ångbadact of bathing
Turkish hamam
- hamamroom for bathing
Yiddish שוויץ, שוויצבאָד
- שוויץ (shvits)room for bathing
- שוויצבאָד (shvitsbod)room for bathing
Cite this entry
APA
steam bath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20bath
MLA
“steam bath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20bath. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steam bath,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20bath.
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