fotel

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Fauteuil, from French fauteuil (“armchair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfotɛl]
• Hyphenation: fo‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

fotel (plural fotelek)

1. armchair

Declension

See variations in declension in every form [1]: plural fotelek/fotelok, possessive: fotele/fotelje/fotelja.

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fotel	fotelek
accusative	fotelt	foteleket
dative	fotelnek	foteleknek
instrumental	fotellel	fotelekkel
causal-final	fotelért	fotelekért
translative	fotellé	fotelekké
terminative	fotelig	fotelekig
essive-formal	fotelként	fotelekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fotelben	fotelekben
superessive	fotelen	foteleken
adessive	fotelnél	foteleknél
illative	fotelbe	fotelekbe
sublative	fotelre	fotelekre
allative	fotelhez	fotelekhez
elative	fotelből	fotelekből
delative	fotelről	fotelekről
ablative	foteltől	fotelektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	fotelé	foteleké
non-attributive possessive – plural	foteléi	fotelekéi

Possessive forms of fotel

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fotelem	foteleim, foteljeim
2nd person sing.	foteled	foteleid, foteljeid
3rd person sing.	fotele, fotelje	fotelei, foteljei
1st person plural	fotelünk	foteleink, foteljeink
2nd person plural	foteletek	foteleitek, foteljeitek
3rd person plural	fotelük, foteljük	foteleik, foteljeik

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fotel	fotelok
accusative	fotelt	fotelokat
dative	fotelnak	foteloknak
instrumental	fotellal	fotelokkal
causal-final	fotelért	fotelokért
translative	fotellá	fotelokká
terminative	fotelig	fotelokig
essive-formal	fotelként	fotelokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fotelban	fotelokban
superessive	fotelon	fotelokon
adessive	fotelnál	foteloknál
illative	fotelba	fotelokba
sublative	fotelra	fotelokra
allative	fotelhoz	fotelokhoz
elative	fotelból	fotelokból
delative	fotelról	fotelokról
ablative	foteltól	foteloktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	fotelé	foteloké
non-attributive possessive – plural	foteléi	fotelokéi

Possessive forms of fotel

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fotelom	foteljaim
2nd person sing.	fotelod	foteljaid
3rd person sing.	fotelja	foteljai
1st person plural	fotelunk	foteljaink
2nd person plural	fotelotok	foteljaitok
3rd person plural	foteljuk	foteljaik

Further reading

• fotel in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Polish

fotel

Etymology

Borrowed from French fauteuil. Doublet of faldistorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɛl
• Syllabification: fo‧tel

Noun

fotel m inan (diminutive fotelik, related adjective fotelowy)

1. armchair (chair with supports for the arms or elbows)
2. seat (comfortable, single seat in a vehicle, airplane, or auditorium)

   fotel samochodowy ― car seat

3. seat (special place for a patient in a doctor's office or a customer in some service establishments)

   fotel fryzjerski ― hairdresser's chair

   fotel dentystyczny ― dentist's chair

4. (figurative) seat (membership in an organization, particularly a representative body)

   Synonyms: krzesło, stołek

Declension

Declension of fotel

	singular	plural
nominative	fotel	fotele
genitive	fotela/fotelu	foteli/fotelów
dative	fotelowi	fotelom
accusative	fotel	fotele
instrumental	fotelem	fotelami
locative	fotelu	fotelach
vocative	fotelu	fotele

Further reading

• fotel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fotel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• fotel in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Noun

fotel n (plural fotele)

1. alternative form of fotoliu

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fotel	fotelul		fotele	fotelele
genitive-dative	fotel	fotelului		fotele	fotelelor
vocative	fotelule			fotelelor