sofà

See also: SOFA, Sofa, sofa, sofá, sófa, and sofā

Catalan

Etymology

Via French sofa from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈfa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [soˈfa]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

sofà m (plural sofàs)

1. sofa

Derived terms

• sofà biplaça
• sofà llit

Further reading

• “sofà” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sofà”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sofà” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sofà” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈfa/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: so‧fà

Noun

sofà m (invariable)

1. (furniture) sofa, chesterfield

Further reading

• sofà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana