Finnish

Noun

vanna

1. (dialectal) bathtub

Declension

Synonyms

• amme
• kylpyamme

Anagrams

• navan, vanan

French

Verb

vanna

1. third-person singular past historic of vanner

Latvian

Vanna (1)

Saules vanna (3)

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle Low German wanne or Swedish vanna (cf. German Wanne), itself a borrowing from Latin vannus ‎(“winnowing basket”). Such baskets were originally long and round; bathtubs were named after them due to the resemblance in form. The term is first mentioned in Latvian in 17th- and 18th-century dictionaries.^[1]

Noun

vanna f (4th declension)

1. bathtub, tub (large container for water in which a person may bathe or wash something)

   skārda vanna‎ ― tin bathtub

   ielaist vannā ūdeni‎ ― to let the water into the bathtub

   iekāpt vannā‎ ― to get into the bathtub

   veļas mazgājamā vanna‎ ― a (large) tub for washing clothes

   nesteidzoties atgriežu krānus, un vannā ar lielu troksni ieplūst silts ūdens‎ ― unhurriedly I open the tap, and the cold water flows noisily into the bathtub

2. (technology) tub (a container for a certain material in liquid form to be worked on)

   elektrolītiska vanna‎ ― electrolytic tub

3. bath (the act of bathing in a bathtub, especially for medicinal or therapeutic purposes)

   karsta vanna‎ ― hot bath

   skuju ekstrakta vanna‎ ― pine extract bath

   dūņu vannas‎ ― mud baths

   iet vannā‎ ― to go (have a) bath

   pirms gulētiešanas vēlama silta vanna, kas nomierina nervu sistēmu un uzlabo miegu‎ ― before going to bed, it is desirable (to take) a cold bath, which relaxes the nervous system and improves sleep

   es ņemu ogļskābes vannas, lai drusku atpūtinātu savus nervus‎ ― I take carbonic acid baths in order to rest my nerves a little

4. bath (prolonged exposure of one's naked body or body part(s) to some medium, generally sun or air)

   es pēc brokastīm izģērbjos un uzkāpju uz komandtiltiņa ņemt saules vannas‎ ― after breakfast, I take off my clothes and go up to the bridge (of the boat) to take a sun bath

   atpūtas korpusa jumta plakni sanatorijā varēs izmantot saules un gaisa vannām‎ ― the roof of the recreation building can be used for sun and air baths

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "bath" in general): mazgāšana
• (of "medicinal, therapeutic bath"): pelde

Derived terms

• vannasistaba

Related terms

• vannot

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vanna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vannet

Verb

vanna

1. simple past of vanne
2. past participle of vanne