cadira

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cathégra (compare Occitan cadièra, Portuguese cadeira, Lombard cadrega), from Latin cathedra (compare French chaire, whence also English chair), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of the borrowing càtedra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈði.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈði.ɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

cadira f (plural cadires)

1. chair

   Ser per llogar-hi cadires ― to be something so curious, incredible, or unheard to behold (an idiom, literally to be something to rent seats for)

Derived terms

• cadira de rodes
• cadira elèctrica
• cadira giratòria
• cadiraire
• cadirat
• cadiratge
• cadirejar
• cadireta

Further reading

• “cadira”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cadira”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)