sofa

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A woman on a sofa.

See also Sofa, sofá, sofà, and sófa

[edit] English

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Sofa

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[edit] Etymology

Derived from Arabic صفة (súffa, sofa, long seat made of stone or brick). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Spain.

[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: sō'fə, IPA: /ˈsəʊfə/, SAMPA: /"s@Uf@/
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Rhymes: -əʊfə

[edit] Noun

Singular
sofa

Plural
sofas

sofa (plural sofas)

An upholstered seat, typically having sides and back, long enough to accommodate two or more people.

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upholstered seat

Armenian: բազմոց hy(hy) (bazmoc’)
Bulgarian: диван bg(bg) (divan) n.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 沙發, simpl. 沙发 (shāfā)

Min Nan: 膨椅 (phòng-í)
Czech: pohovka cs(cs) f., gauč cs(cs) m.
Danish: sofa da(da)
Dutch: bank f. m. in Holland, zetel m., sofa m.
Esperanto: kanapo eo(eo), sofo eo(eo)
Estonian: sohva et(et)
Finnish: sohva fi(fi)
French: canapé fr(fr) m.
Galician: sofá m.
German: Sofa de(de) n.
Greek: καναπές el(el) (kanapés) m.
Hebrew: ספה (sofah) f.
Icelandic: sófi is(is) m.
Interlingua: sofa ia(ia)

Italian: divano it(it) m., sofà it(it) m.
Japanese: ソファー (sofā), 長椅子 (ながいす) (nagaisu)
Korean: 소파 (sopa)
Kurdish: qenepe ku(ku)
Northern Sami: suffá
Norwegian: sofa no(no)
Polish: kanapa pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: sofá pt(pt) m.
Romanian: canapea f., canapele f. pl.
Russian: софа ru(ru) (sofá) f., диван ru(ru) (diván) m.
Scottish Gaelic: langasaid f., suaineachan m., sunnag f.
Serbian: ležaj sr(sr) m.
Spanish: sofá es(es) m.
Swedish: soffa sv(sv) c.
Turkish: kanepe tr(tr)
Urdu: صوفہ (s̱ufa)
Vietnamese: ghế xô-fa

[edit] See also

love seat

[edit] Anagrams

Anagrams of afos
as of
oafs

[edit] Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Sofa

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[edit] Noun

sofa c. (singular definite sofaen, plural indefinite sofaer)

sofa, couch, divan, settee

[edit] Inflection

Inflection of “sofa”

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	sofa	sofaen	sofaer	sofaerne
genitive	sofas	sofaens	sofaers	sofaernes

[edit] French

sofa

[edit] Etymology

From English sofa

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /so.fa/
Rhymes: -a
Homophones: sofas

[edit] Noun

sofa m. (plural sofas)

couch (furniture for seating)

[edit] Synonyms

(couch): canapé

This French entry was created from the translations listed at couch. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see sofa in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse sofa.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈsɔːva/

Rhymes: -ɔːva

[edit] Verb

sofa (svaf – sváfum – sofið)

to sleep

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

syfja

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Noun

Singular
sofa

Plural
sofas

sofa (plural sofas)

(item of furniture) sofa

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

sofa

sofa, couch

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Noun

sòfa f. (Cyrillic spelling со̀фа)

sofa

[edit] Declension

declension of sofa

	singular	plural
nominative	sofa	sofe
genitive	sofe	sofa
dative	sofi	sofama
accusative	sofu	sofe
vocative	sofo	sofe
locative	sofi	sofama
instrumental	sofom	sofama

sofa

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