ottoman

See also: Ottoman and ottomán

English

sense 1

ottoman fabric (sense 3)

Etymology

From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑtəmən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒtəmən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: ot‧to‧man

Noun

ottoman (countable and uncountable, plural ottomans)

2. (furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
   • 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act III, page 144:

     In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.

   • 2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     These hefty features were on display together with dry-point engravings, marble busts, and mahogany whatnots, which the guests now squeezed between, plumping themselves down on over-stuffed ottomans beneath gleaming crystal electroliers.

   • 2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.

4. (furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.

   Synonyms: footstool, hassock, pouffe, tuffet, tumpty

   • 1869, Catherine E. Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman’s Home‎^[3]:

     This ottoman is set on casters, and is a great convenience for holding articles, while serving also as a seat.

6. (textiles) A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

Derived terms

• ottomanlike

Translations

sofa — see also sofa

• Armenian: թախտ (hy) (tʻaxt)
• Bulgarian: диван (bg) m (divan)
• Danish: ottoman c
• Esperanto: divano
• Finnish: ottomaani (fi)
• French: divan (fr) m, ottomane (fr) f
• German: Ottomane (de) f, Canapé n, Couch (de) f
• Hungarian: ottomán (hu), kerevet (hu), heverő (hu), dívány (hu)
• Japanese: オットマン (ja) (ottoman)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ottoman m

  Nynorsk: ottoman m

• Portuguese: pufe m
• Russian: пуф (ru) m (puf), оттома́нка (ru) f (ottománka), софа́ (ru) f (sofá), дива́н (ru) m (diván), куше́тка (ru) f (kušétka), тахта́ (ru) f (taxtá), канапе́ (ru) n (kanapɛ́)
• Welsh: setl f

low stool

• Bulgarian: табуретка f (taburetka), пуф m (puf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搁脚凳 (gējiáodèng)

• Finnish: ottomaani (fi), rahi (fi), jalkarahi
• French: pouf (fr) m
• German: Polsterhocker m, Sitzkissen (de) n, Ottomane (de)
• Hebrew: הֲדוֹם (he) m (hadóm)
• Hungarian: puff (hu)
• Irish: otamán m
• Japanese: オットマン (ja) (ottoman)
• Korean: 오토만 (otoman)
• Macedonian: табуретка f (taburetka)
• Portuguese: pufe m
• Russian: пуф (ru) m (puf), пу́фик (ru) m (púfik)
• Swedish: ottoman (sv) c

fabric

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: otomà (ca) m
• Finnish: ottomaani (fi)
• Japanese: オットマン (ja) (ottoman)
• Korean: 오토만 (otoman)

See also

• chesago

Anagrams

• Mattoon

Danish

Etymology

From French ottomane.

Noun

ottoman c (singular definite ottomanen, plural indefinite ottomaner)

1. (furniture) an ottoman

   Coordinate term: divan

Declension

Declension of ottoman

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ottoman	ottomanen	ottomaner	ottomanerne
genitive	ottomans	ottomanens	ottomaners	ottomanernes

References

• “ottoman” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Ottoman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.tɔ.mɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

ottoman (feminine ottomane, masculine plural ottomans, feminine plural ottomanes)

1. Ottoman

   Synonyms: osmanide, osmanli

Derived terms

• Empire ottoman
• turc ottoman

Noun

ottoman m (uncountable)

1. ellipsis of turc ottoman (“Ottoman Turkish”)

Further reading

• “ottoman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

ottoman

1. Rōmaji transcription of オットマン

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French ottomane.

Noun

ottoman m (definite singular ottomanen, indefinite plural ottomaner, definite plural ottomanene)

1. an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)
   • 2011, "Brødrene fra Iron House" by John Hart (translated by Christian Rugstad), Font Forlag AS →ISBN [4]

     Michael sparket ottomanen til side, tok et skritt fram og rev geværet ut av hendene hennes.

     Michael kicked the ottoman to the side, took a stride forward and tore the gun out of her hands.

2. synonym of osman

References

• “ottoman” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ottoman_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French ottomane.

Noun

ottoman m (definite singular ottomanen, indefinite plural ottomanar, definite plural ottomanane)

1. an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)
2. synonym of osman

References

• “ottoman” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

ottoman c

1. (furniture) an ottoman (sofa without arms or a back)

Declension

Declension of ottoman

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ottoman	ottomans
	definite	ottomanen	ottomanens
plural	indefinite	ottomaner	ottomaners
	definite	ottomanerna	ottomanernas

See also

• osman

References

• ottoman in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ottoman in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ottoman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)