Chair
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Etymology
From Middle French chaire which came from Latin cathedra.
Noun
- an item of furniture used to sit on or in consisting of a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
- (slang) (the chair) the electric chair.
- the seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
- blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices.
- non-gender-specific form of chairman
Pronunciation
- SAMPA: //
- IPA: /ʧεə(r)/
Translations
- Afrikaans: stoel m
- Bavarian: Stui, Sässl
- Bulgarian: стол m
- Catalan: cadira f, seient m
- Czech: křeslo n
- Dutch: stoel m, zetel m
- Esperanto: seĝo (1), prezidanto (2)
- Finnish: tuoli
- French: chaise f, fauteuil m
- German: Stuhl m (1), Sessel m (1), Vorsitzender (5)
- Indonesian: kursi, tempat duduk
- Interlingua: sede, cathedra
- Italian: sedia f
- Japanese: 椅子 (いす, isu)
- Latin: cathedra
- Polish: krzesło f
- Romanian: scaun n
- Slovene: stol m
- Spanish: asiento m, silla f
- Swedish: stol (1)
Transitive verb
- To act as chairman. (Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.)
Translations
- German: den Vorsitz haben
French
chair f (noun)
- Flesh
Pronunciation
- SAMPA: //
- IPA: /ʃɛʁ/
