chaise longue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ, -ɒŋ

Noun

chaise longue (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)

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

   Synonym: chaise lounge (American)

Related terms

• post chaise

Translations

reclining chair with a long seat

• Arabic: مَضْجَع m (maḍjaʕ)
• Basque: etzaulki
• Belarusian: шэзло́нг m (šezlónh)
• Breton: hirgador (br) f, kador-hir (br) f
• Catalan: chaise longue (ca) f, chaise-longue (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 躺椅 (zh) (tǎngyǐ), 睡椅 (zh) (shuìyǐ)

• Czech: šezlong (cs) m, dlouhé křeslo n
• Danish: chaiselong c
• Dutch: ligstoel (nl) m, chaise longue (nl) f
• Esperanto: kuŝsofo
• Estonian: chaise longue (et)
• Finnish: lepotuoli (fi)
• French: chaise longue (fr) f
• Georgian: შეზლონგი (šezlongi)
• German: Chaiselongue (de) f
• Greek: ανάκλιντρο (el) n (anáklintro)
• Hungarian: sezlon (hu)
• Italian: chaise longue f, agrippina f, (rare) cislonga f
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• Japanese: シェーズ・ロング (shēzu-rongu)
• Kashubian: szezelon m
• Korean: 긴 의자 (gin uija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjeselong (no) m

  Nynorsk: sjeselong m

• Polish: szezlong (pl) m
• Portuguese: chaise longue f
• Romanian: șezlong (ro) n
• Russian: шезло́нг (ru) m (šezlóng)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шѐзлонг m

  Roman: šèzlong (sh) m

• Spanish: tumbona (es) f, chaise longue f, cheslón m
• Swedish: schäslong (sv) c
• Turkish: şezlong (tr)
• Ukrainian: шезло́нг m (šezlónh)
• Uzbek: shezlong (uz)
• Yiddish: שעזלאָנג m (shezlong)

Anagrams

• chaise lounge

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French

Etymology

Literally “long chair”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃ɡ

Noun

chaise longue f (plural chaises longues)

1. chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)

Descendants

Descendants

• Belarusian: шэзло́нг (šezlónh)
• Catalan: chaise longue, chaise-longue
• Czech: šezlong
• Danish: chaiselong
• Dutch: chaise longue
• Estonian: chaise longue
• Georgian: შეზლონგი (šezlongi)
• German: Chaiselongue
• Greek: σεζλόνγκ (sezlóngk), σαιζλόνγκ (saizlóngk)
• Hebrew: שֶׁזְלוֹנְג (shezlóng)
• Hungarian: sezlon
• Italian: chaise longue, cislonga

• Japanese: シェーズ・ロング (shēzu-rongu)
• Kashubian: szezelon
• Norwegian: sjeselong
• Polish: szezlong
• Portuguese: chaise longue
• Romanian: șezlong
• Russian: шезло́нг (šezlóng)
• Serbo-Croatian: шѐзлонг, šèzlong
• Spanish: chaise longue, cheslón
• Swedish: schäslong
• Turkish: şezlong
• Ukrainian: шезло́нг (šezlónh)
• Uzbek: shezlong
• Yiddish: שעזלאָנג (shezlong)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɛz ˈlɔŋɡ/

Noun

chaise longue f (plural chaises longues)

1. chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)

   Synonyms: agrippina, (rare) cislonga

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛzɨ ˈlõɡɨ/

Noun

chaise longue f (plural s)

1. chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)