chaise

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

chaise

from chaire (chair) by dialectal assibilation of intervocalic /r/; further back, from Latin cathedra.

Definitions

architecture
architecture

Plural

chaises

Hyperonym

Hyponyms

chaise marinechaise de postechaise à basculechaise à porteurschaise longuechaise curulechaise percéepelle-à-culprie-dieu

Translations

  • germangerman:Stuhl
  • englishenglish:seat
  • chinesechinese:椅子
  • danishdanish:stol
  • spanishspanish:silla
  • finnishfinnish:tuoli
  • greekgreek:καρέκλα
  • italianitalian:sedia
  • japanesejapanese:椅子
  • dutchdutch:zetel
  • polishpolish:krzesło
  • portugueseportuguese:assento
  • russianrussian:стул
  • swedishswedish:stol
  • turkishturkish:sandalye

See also

chaisière (cn.) chaisier (cn.)