upholstery

English

Etymology

First recorded 1597, from upholdster +‎ -(er)y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌpˈhəʊlstəɹi/

Noun

upholstery (countable and uncountable, plural upholsteries)

1. The craft or business of upholstering furniture.
2. The materials used in upholstering furniture.

Related terms

• upholdster
• upholster
• upholsterer

Translations

craft or business of upholstering furniture

• Arabic: تَنجِيد‎
• Dutch: polsteren, bekleding f
• Finnish: verhoilu
• French: tapisserie f (d'ameublement)
• Galician: tapicería f
• German: Polsterung f
• Hungarian: kárpitosmunka, kárpitozás
• Irish: cumhdaitheoireacht f
• Italian: tappezzeria
• Macedonian: тапета́рија f pl (tapetárija)
• Polish: tapicerstwo n, tapicerka f
• Portuguese: estofado m, estofamento m
• Romanian: capitonare f
• Russian: оби́вка f (obívka) (ме́бели)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdachadh m
• Spanish: tapicería
• Swedish: stoppning c
• Welsh: clustogwaith m

materials so used

• Bulgarian: тапицерия f (tapicerija)
• Dutch: polstering f, bekleding f
• Finnish: verhoilu, verhoilutarvikkeet pl
• Hungarian: kárpit
• Irish: cumhdach m
• Macedonian: тапета́рија f (tapetárija)
• Polish: tapicerka f, obicie n
• Portuguese: estofamento m
• Russian: оби́вочный материа́л m (obívočnyj materiál)