English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˌɑː(ɹ)mˈtʃeə(ɹ)/
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armchair (plural armchairs)
- A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
- 1928: A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
- ...when he suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best armchair he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.
Translations [edit]
a chair with supports for the arms or elbows
- Arabic: كرسي ذو ذراعين (ar) (kursī ḏū ḏirāʿayn) m, أريكة (ar) (ʾarīka) f
- Armenian: բազկաթոռ (hy) (bazkat’oṙ)
- Azeri: koltuk (az)
- Basque: besaulki (eu)
- Belarusian: крэсла (be) (krésla) n, фатэль (be) (fatélʹ) m
- Bulgarian: кресло (bg) (kréslo) n, фотьойл (bg) (fotʹójl) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 扶手椅 (cmn) (fúshǒuyǐ), 扶手椅子 (cmn) (fúshǒuyǐzi)
- Czech: křeslo (cs) n
- Danish: lænestol (da) c
- Dutch: fauteuil (nl) m
- Estonian: tugitool (et)
- Finnish: nojatuoli (fi)
- French: fauteuil (fr)
- Georgian: სავარძელი (ka) (savardzeli)
- German: Armsessel (de) m, Fauteuil (de) m, Polstersessel (de) m, Polsterstuhl (de) m, Sessel (de) m, Lehnstuhl (de) m
- Greek: πολυθρόνα (el) (poliθróna) f
- Hebrew: כורסה (he) (kursá) f
- Hindi: हाथकुर्सी (hi) (hāthkursī) f
- Hungarian: karszék (hu), karosszék (hu), fotel (hu)
- Ido: berjero (io)
- Indonesian: kursi bersandaran (id)
- Interlingua: confortabile (ia)
- Italian: poltrona (it) f
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- Japanese: アームチェア (ja) (āmuchea), 肘掛け椅子 (ja) (ひじかけいす, hijikakeisu)
- Jèrriais: grand'tchaîse f
- Korean: 안락의자 (ko) (allak uija) (安樂椅子 (ko)), 팔걸이의자 (ko) (palgeori uija)
- Latvian: atpūtas krēsls (lv)
- Lithuanian: fotelis (lt) m
- Macedonian: фотелја (mk) (fotélja) f
- Maltese: pultruna (mt) f
- Norwegian: lenestol (no) m
- Persian: صندلی راحتی (fa) (sandali râhati)
- Polish: fotel (pl) m
- Portuguese: poltrona (pt)
- Romanian: fotoliu (ro) n
- Russian: кресло (ru) (kréslo) n
- Scottish Gaelic: cathair mhòr f, cathair ghàirdeanach, cathair-uilne f, suidheachan mòr m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: наслоњач (sh) m, наслоњача (sh) f, фотеља (sh) f
- Roman: naslonjač (sh) m, naslonjača (sh) f, fotelja (sh) f
- Slovak: kreslo (sk) n
- Slovene: fotelj (sl) m
- Spanish: sillón (es) m
- Swedish: fåtölj (sv) c
- Turkish: koltuk (tr)
- Ukrainian: крісло (uk) (kríslo) n, фотель (uk) (fotélʹ) m
- Vietnamese: ghế bành (vi), cái ghế bành (vi)
- Volapük: bradastul (vo), stutömastul (vo)
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See also [edit]
Adjective [edit]
armchair (comparative more armchair, superlative most armchair)
- (figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
- These days I'm an armchair detective.
- (figuratively) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports.
- He's just an armchair lawyer who thinks he knows a lot about the law because he reads a legal blog on the internet.
- After the American football game, the armchair quarterbacks talked about what they would have done differently to win, if they had been star athletes instead of out-of-shape old men.
Translations [edit]
remote from actual involvement
unqualified or uninformed
See also [edit]
