chaise longue

See also: Chaiselongue

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chaise longue (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)

(chiefly UK) A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.
Synonyms: (American) chaise lounge, lit de repos

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, Recamiere n, Relaxliege f
Greek: ανάκλιντρο (el) n (anáklintro)
Hungarian: sezlon (hu)
Italian: chaise longue f, agrippina f, (rare) cislonga f
Japanese: シェーズ・ロング (shēzu-rongu)
Kashubian: szezelon m
Korean: 긴 의자 (gin uija)
Ladino: cheslon
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)

Further reading

chaise longue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

chaise lounge

French

Etymology

Literally, “long chair”.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chaise longue f (plural chaises longues)

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)

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃɛz ˈlɔnɡ/

Noun

chaise longue f (plural chaises longues)

chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)
Synonyms: agrippina, (rare) cislonga

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.zɨ ˈlõ.ɡɨ/

Noun

chaise longue f (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)

chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)

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