furo
noun
furo is a noun meaning “A Japanese bath, generally deep and square-sided, and traditionally made of wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-R-O, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of furo is furos.
What does furo mean?
noun
- 1
A Japanese bath, generally deep and square-sided, and traditionally made of wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of furo
- furos plural
- ofuro
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is furo?
Furo appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Furo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese bath:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | ofurô |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does furo come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 風呂(ふろ) (furo).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).