chaise longue

English

Etymology

French chaise longue (“long chair”), from French chaise (“chair”) + longue (“long”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃeɪzˈlɒŋ/

Noun

chaise longue (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)

1. A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.

Synonyms

• chaise lounge (American)

Related terms

• post chaise

Translations

chair

Breton: hirgador (br) f., kador-hir (br) f. Czech: šezlong (cs) m., chaise longue (cs), dlouhé křeslo (cs) n. French: chaise longue (fr) f. Hungarian: sezlon (hu) Italian: chaise longue (it)

Norwegian: sjeselong (no) Polish: szezlong (pl) m. Russian: шезлонг (ru) (šezlóng) m. Swedish: schäslong (sv) c. Turkish: şezlong (tr)

Anagrams

• chaise lounge