stool

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English stōl (“chair, seat, throne”), from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz (“chair”) (compare West Frisian/Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, Swedish/Danish/Norwegian stol), from Proto-Indo-European *stālo (compare Lithuanian stálas, Russian  (stol') 'table', Serbo-Croatian stol 'table', Slovenian stol 'chair', Albanian kështallë 'crutch', Ancient Greek stolōn 'pillar'), from *stā- 'to stand'. More at stand.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʊəl

• Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

stool (plural stools)

1. A seat for one person without a back or armrest.
2. A footstool.
3. Feces; excrement.
   • 'Usage notes: 'The word stool is preferred to fæces and excrement in medical use.
4. (archaic) A decoy.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:feces

Derived terms

• footstool
• stool pigeon
• stoolie

Translations

a seat

Afrikaans: stoel Armenian: աթոռակ (hy) (at’oṙak) Chinese: Min Nan: 椅頭 (í-thâu), 椅頭仔 (í-thâu-á), 椅仔 (í-á) Dutch: kruk f., barkruk f. Estonian: taburet, järi, pink, pukk ('simple seat'); jalapink Finnish: palli (fi), jakkara (fi) French: tabouret (fr) m., tabouret-bar (fr) German: Hocker (de) m. Greek: σκαμνί (el) (skamní) n., σκίμπους (el) (skímbous) m. Hindi: तिपाई (hi) m. and f. Hungarian: bárszék (hu)

Icelandic: kollur (is) m. Italian: sgabello (it) m. Luxembourgish: Hocker (lb) m. Norwegian: krakk (no) m. Portuguese: banco (pt) m. Romanian: taburet (ro) n. Russian: табурет (ru) (taburét) m., табуретка (ru) (taburétka) m. Spanish: taburete (es), silla (es) f. Swahili: kiroto (sw), jarari (sw) Swedish: pall (sv) c. Thai: ตั่ง (th)

footstool — see footstool

excrement

Bosnian: stolica (bs) f. Czech: stolice (cs) f. Dutch: stoelgang (nl) m. Estonian: iste, väljaheide, roe, ekskrement Finnish: uloste (fi) French: selle (fr) f. German: Stuhl (de) m., Stuhlgang (de) m., Exkrement (de) n., Exkret (de) n., Kot (de) m.

Greek: κόπρανα (el) (kóprana) n. pl. Latin: excrēmentum (la) n. Romanian: scaun (ro) n. Russian: стул (ru) (stul) m. Serbian: столица (sr) (stolica) f. Spanish: excremento (es) m., heces (es) f. pl. Swahili: kiroto (sw) Swedish: avföring (sv) c.

a decoy

Russian: приманка (ru) f.

Swahili: kiroto (sw)

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Spanish: taburete (es) m., butaca (es) f.

Swahili: kiroto (sw)

See also

• chair
• seat

Anagrams

• loots
• tools

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French

Noun

stool m. and f. (plural stools)

1. (Canada, slang, derogatory) A denouncer or whistleblower; a stoolie.
   • 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, ISBN 2-89021-363-3, page 199:

     "Grégoire protesta; il n'était pas un stool". — Gregory protested; he was no stoolie.

Derived terms

• stooleux