settee

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈtiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) +‎ -ee (diminutive suffix)

Noun

settee (plural settees)

1. A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur,^[1] chapter 18:

     The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.

Translations

long seat

• Belarusian: кана́па f (kanápa)
• German: Sitzbank (de) f, Sofa (de) n, Couch (de) f
• Italian: canapè m
• Maori: hōpa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: sofa (pl) f
• Russian: дива́н (ru) m (diván), софа́ (ru) f (sofá), куше́тка (ru) f (kušétka), тахта́ (ru) f (taxtá)
• Spanish: sofá (es) f

See also

• couch
• divan
• sofa

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French scétie, scitie.

Noun

settee (plural settees)

1. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.

Anagrams

• testee