jacuzzi

See also: Jacuzzi

English

Etymology

Genericized trademark of the proprietary name Jacuzzi.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈkuːzi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧cuz‧zi

Noun

jacuzzi (plural jacuzzis or (uncommon) jacuzzies)

1. A hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body.
   • 1991, Institute of Directors (Great Britain), The Director‎^[1], volume 44, numbers 9-12, page 94:

     Americans gravitate to the Regent for its unbeatable views (the hotel is built out on giant stilts over the harbour, and even the jacuzzis in the top suites have a view of junks and passing ferries).

   • 2005, Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down, page 86:

     And, by the way, my Jacuzzi days are long gone.

   • 2006, Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, Tourism, page 76:

     Afterwards, he'd idle in the steam room, or in the jacuzzi, watching the men, hoping to catch the eye of a chubby-chasing hunk. It never happened.

Usage notes

• Due to its origins as a proprietary name, jacuzzi is frequently capitalized as Jacuzzi.

Derived terms

• hillbilly jacuzzi
• redneck jacuzzi

Translations

hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body

• Arabic: جَاكُوزِي m (jākūzī)
• Armenian: ջակուզի (ǰakuzi)
• Bulgarian: джакузи n (džakuzi)
• Czech: vířivka f
• Finnish: poreallas (fi), poreamme (fi)
• German: Whirlpool (de) m, Jacuzzi (de) m
• Greek: τζακούζι (el) n (tzakoúzi)
• Hebrew: גָ׳קוּזִי (he) m (djaqúzi)
• Indonesian: jakuzi
• Irish: tobán cuilithe m
• Japanese: ジャグジー (jagujī)
• Korean: 자쿠지 (jakuji)
• Latvian: burbuļvanna f, džakuzi m or m pl
• Lithuanian: jakuzė f
• Māori: tāpu waiariki, tāpu ngāwhā
• Polish: jacuzzi (pl) n
• Portuguese: jacúzi (pt) m
• Russian: джаку́зи (ru) f (džakúzi), гидромасса́жная ва́нна f (gidromassážnaja vánna)
• Spanish: yacusi (es) m, bañera de hidromasaje f, jacuzzi m
• Turkish: jakuzi (tr)
• Ukrainian: джаку́зі n (džakúzi)

See also

• hot tub
• spa

Verb

jacuzzi (third-person singular simple present jacuzzis or (uncommon) jacuzzies, present participle jacuzziing, simple past and past participle jacuzzied)

1. (transitive) To equip with a jacuzzi.

   The suite was jacuzzied.

2. (intransitive) To use a jacuzzi.

   They jacuzzied after a late dinner.

3. (transitive) To treat with a jacuzzi.

   He jacuzzied his sore muscles.

Further reading

• jacuzzi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Alternative forms

• jakusi

Etymology

Borrowed from English jacuzzi. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ku.zi/, /dʒa.ku.zi/, /dʒə.ku.zi/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France):

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Noun

jacuzzi m (plural jacuzzis)

1. hot tub, jacuzzi

   Synonyms: bain bouillonnant, bain tourbillon

   Hypernym: baignoire

Further reading

• “jacuzzi”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse

Polish

jacuzzi

Alternative forms

• dżakuzi, dżakuzzi, jakuzzi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English jacuzzi. Genericized trademark. Doublet of Jakub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʐaˈku.zi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uzi
• Syllabification: ja‧cu‧zzi

Noun

jacuzzi n (indeclinable)

1. jacuzzi (hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body)
2. relaxing bathing in a jacuzzi

Adjective

jacuzzi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (postpositive) jacuzzi (hot tub)

   Synonym: spa

Further reading

• “jacuzzi I”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “jacuzzi II”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “jacuzzi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jacuzzi.

Noun

jacuzzi n (uncountable)

1. jacuzzi

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	jacuzzi	jacuzziul
genitive-dative	jacuzzi	jacuzziului
vocative	jacuzziule

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yacusi

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Jacuzzi.

Noun

jacuzzi m (plural jacuzzis)

1. hot tub, jacuzzi

Further reading

• “jacuzzi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• yacusi | Diccionario panhispánico de dudas | RAE - ASALE
• La ortografía de los derivados de nombres propios extranjeros | Ortografía de la lengua española | RAE - ASALE

Swedish

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the proprietary name Jacuzzi.

Noun

jacuzzi c

1. a jacuzzi (hot tub or bathtub with underwater water jets)

   Synonyms: bubbelpool, bubbelbad

   Ah, det är skönt att få glida ner i jacuzzin och knäcka en kall öl efter ett hårt arbetspass i skogen

   Ah, it's nice [feels good] to slip ["get to slip" – redundant, but sounds natural] into the jacuzzi and crack open a cold beer after a session of hard work in the forest

Declension

Declension of jacuzzi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jacuzzi	jacuzzis
	definite	jacuzzin	jacuzzins
plural	indefinite	jacuzzier	jacuzziers
	definite	jacuzzierna	jacuzziernas

See also

• bubbelbad

References

• “jacuzzi”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “jacuzzi”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)