armchair

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• UK: /ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/
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• US: /ˈɑɹmt͡ʃɛɚ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er- Proto-Indo-European *h2érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th2der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh2 Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English armchair From arm + chair.

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: sohva- — remote from actual involvement
• Finnish: penkki- — remote from actual involvement
• Finnish: nojatuoli- — remote from actual involvement
• Russian: диванный (divannyj) — remote from actual involvement
• Russian: мамкин (mamkin) — remote from actual involvement
• Spanish: de sillón — remote from actual involvement
• Spanish: de salón — remote from actual involvement
• Ukrainian: дива́нний (dyvánnyj) — remote from actual involvement
• Finnish: harrastelija- — unqualified or uninformed
• German: küchen- — unqualified or uninformed
• Russian: дива́нный (divánnyj) — unqualified or uninformed
• Spanish: de sillón — unqualified or uninformed
• Spanish: de salón — unqualified or uninformed
• Afrikaans: leunstoel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Albanian: kolltuk — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Arabic: كُرْسِيّ ذُو ذِرَاعَيْن (kursiyy ḏū ḏirāʕayn) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Arabic: أَرِيكَة (ʔarīka) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Arabic: كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Armenian: բազկաթոռ (bazkatʻoṙ) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Azerbaijani: koltuk — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Azerbaijani: kreslo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Basque: besaulki — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Belarusian: фатэ́ль (fatélʹ) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Belarusian: крэ́сла (krésla) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Bengali: আর্মচেয়ার (armoceẏar) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Bulgarian: кресло́ (kresló) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Bulgarian: фотьо́йл (fotjójl) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Catalan: butaca — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Catalan: cadiral — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Catalan: poltrona — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Chinese Mandarin: 扶手椅 (fúshǒuyǐ) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Chinese Mandarin: 扶手椅子 (fúshǒuyǐzi) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Czech: křeslo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Danish: lænestol — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Danish: armstol — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Dutch: leunstoel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Dutch: fauteuil — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Erzya: нежезем (nežezem) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Esperanto: fotelo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Esperanto: apogseĝo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Esperanto: brakseĝo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Estonian: tugitool — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Faroese: armstólur — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Finnish: nojatuoli — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• French: fauteuil — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• French: chaise bourrée — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Galician: cadeira — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Galician: cadeira de brazos — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Galician: poltrona — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Georgian: სავარძელი (savarʒeli) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• German: Armsessel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• German: Fauteuil — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• German: Polstersessel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• German: Polsterstuhl — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• German: Sessel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• German: Lehnstuhl — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• German: Lehnsessel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Greek: πολυθρόνα (polythróna) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίκλιντρον (epíklintron) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Hebrew: כֻּרְסָה (kursá) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Hindi: हाथकुर्सी (hāthkursī) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Hindi: आराम-कुर्सी (ārām-kursī) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Hungarian: karszék — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Hungarian: karosszék — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Hungarian: fotel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Icelandic: armstóll — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Icelandic: hægindastóll — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Icelandic: hægindi — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Ido: berjero — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Indonesian: kursi bersandaran — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Indonesian: kursi berlengan — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Interlingua: confortabile — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Interlingua: chaise de bracios — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Irish: cathaoir uilleach — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Irish: cathaoir uilleann — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Italian: poltrona — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Japanese: アームチェア (āmuchea) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Japanese: 肘掛け椅子 (hijikakeisu) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Karelian: nojastuula — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Kazakh: кресло (kreslo) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Khmer: កៅអីសាឡុង (kawʼəy saalong) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Korean: 안락의자 (allaguija) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Korean: 팔걸이의자 (palgeoriuija) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Northern Kurdish: paldank — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Northern Kurdish: palkursî — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Northern Kurdish: qoltix — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Kyrgyz: кресло (kreslo) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Latvian: atpūtas krēsls — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Lithuanian: fotelis — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Lithuanian: krėslas — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Luxembourgish: Fotell — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Macedonian: фоте́лја (fotélja) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Malay: kerusi berlengan — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Maltese: pultruna — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Māori: hāneanea — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Māori: hānea — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Mongolian: түшлэгтэй сандал (tüšlegtej sandal) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠰᠢᠯᠭᠡ ᠲᠡᠢ ᠰᠠᠨᠳᠠᠯᠢ (tüsilge-tei sandali) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Norman: grand'tchaîse — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Norwegian Bokmål: lenestol — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Norwegian Bokmål: armstol — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lenestol — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Norwegian Nynorsk: armstol — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Occitan: fautuelh — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Occitan: fautuèlh — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Pannonian Rusyn: фотеля (fotelja) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Iranian Persian: صَنْدَلیِ راحَتی (sandali-ye râhati) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Polish: fotel — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Portuguese: poltrona — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Portuguese: cadeirão — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Romanian: fotoliu — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Russian: кре́сло (kréslo) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Scottish Gaelic: cathair mhòr — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Scottish Gaelic: cathair ghàirdeanach — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Scottish Gaelic: cathair-uilne — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Scottish Gaelic: suidheachan mòr — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Serbo-Croatian: насло̀ња̄ч — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Serbo-Croatian: наслоњача — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Serbo-Croatian: фотѐља — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Serbo-Croatian: naslònjāč — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Serbo-Croatian: naslonjača — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Serbo-Croatian: fotèlja — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Slovak: kreslo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Slovene: fotelj — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Spanish: poltrona — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Spanish: sillón — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Spanish: butaca — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Spanish: silla poltrona — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Swedish: fåtölj — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Swedish: karmstol — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Tajik: кресло (kreslo) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Thai: เก้าอี้นั่ง (gâo-îi nâng) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Thai: เก้าอี้มีเท้าแขน (gâo-îi mii táao-kɛ̌ɛn) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Turkish: koltuk — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Turkmen: kreslo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Ukrainian: фоте́ль (fotélʹ) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Ukrainian: крі́сло (kríslo) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Urdu: آرام کُرْسِی (ārām kursī) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Uzbek: kreslo — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Vietnamese: ghế bành — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Volapük: bradastul — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Volapük: stutömastul — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Welsh: cadair freichiau — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Welsh: cadair fawr — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Yiddish: פֿאָטעל (fotel) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows
• Yiddish: פֿאָטערשטול (fotershtul) — chair with supports for the arms or elbows