hammam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حمام (hamam), from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Noun

hammam (plural hammams)

1. A communal bathhouse in Islamic countries and communities.

Translations

Turkish bath — see Turkish bath

Further reading

• hammam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑˈmɑm/

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• Hyphenation: ham‧mam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

hammam m (plural hammams)

1. Alternative spelling of hamam

French

Noun

hammam m (plural hammams)

1. hammam (communal bathhouse in Islamic countries)
2. Turkish bath

Further reading

• “hammam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Noun

hammam m (plural hammames)

1. hammam (communal bathhouse in Islamic countries)