name
Meaning 1
Chairperson.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, with-definite-article
Examples
- Please address all questions through the Chair.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chair
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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châr
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Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛə/
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British, Southern, Standard: /t͡ʃɛː/
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Scotland: /t͡ʃeɾ/
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Wales: /t͡ʃøː/
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/t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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General-American: /t͡ʃɛɚ/
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Canada: [t͡ʃeːɹ]
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Canada: [t͡ʃɛːɹ]
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Australian: /t͡ʃeː/
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New-Zealand: /t͡ʃeə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/t͡ʃiə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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homophone: chare (pane–pain merger)
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homophone: cheer (cheer–chair merger)
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chîr
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dialectal, obsolete: /t͡ʃɪə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The ship of characters Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
- I sat on my chair to have dinner.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Clipping of chairperson.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, often, with-definite-article
Qualifier: also written Chair
Examples
- Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The post or position of chairperson.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually, with-definite-article
Examples
- The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Examples
- The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A distinguished professorship at a university.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Melinda has the best chair in the salon.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle
Examples
- Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 16
To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, Wales, transitive
Examples
- The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
the position of professor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was awarded an endowed chair in economics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: professorship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
noun
Meaning 18
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
Narrower terms: armchair, barber chair, chair of state, chaise longue, chaise, daybed, Eames chair, fighting chair, folding chair, highchair, feeding chair, ladder-back, ladder-back chair, lawn chair, garden chair, rocking chair, rocker, straight chair, side chair, swivel chair, tablet-armed chair, wheelchair
noun
Meaning 19
a particular seat in an orchestra
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he is second chair violin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
noun
Meaning 20
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electric chair, death chair, hot seat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: instrument of execution
noun
Meaning 21
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- address your remarks to the chairperson
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: president, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: presiding officer
Narrower terms: Kalon Tripa, vice chairman
verb
Meaning 22
preside over
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- John moderated the discussion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moderate, lead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hash out, discuss, talk over
verb
Meaning 23
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She chaired the department for many years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chairman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: head, lead
History
Etymology
Blend of Chuck + Blair.
Etymology tree 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 From Middle English chayere, chayer, chayre, from Old French chaiere, chaere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Partially displaced native stool and settle, which now have more specialised senses. Doublet of cathedra and chaise.
Across languages
Translations
339 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: stoel — furniture
- Ahom: 𑜄𑜂𑜫 (taṅ) — furniture
- Albanian: karrige — furniture
- Southern Altai: отургыш (oturgïš) — furniture
- Amharic: ወንበር (wänbär) — furniture
- Arabic: كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy) — furniture
- Arabic: مَقْعَد (maqʕad) — furniture
- Arabic: كرسي (korsī) — furniture
- Iraqi Arabic: سكملي (skamlī) — furniture
- Arabic: كرسي (kursi) — furniture
- Arabic: شلية (šalya) — furniture
- Arabic: كرسي (kersí) — furniture
- Aramaic: ܟܘܪܣܝܐ (kursəyā) — furniture
- Aramaic: כורסיא (kursəyā) — furniture
- Armenian: աթոռ (atʻoṙ) — furniture
- Aromanian: scamnu (roa-rup) — furniture
- Assamese: চকী (soki) — furniture
- Asturian: siella — furniture
- Azerbaijani: stul — furniture
- Azerbaijani: oturacaq — furniture
- Azerbaijani: kürsü — furniture
- Bashkir: ултырғыс (ultırğıs) — furniture
- Basque: katedra — furniture
- Basque: aulki — furniture
- Belarusian: крэ́сла (krésla) — furniture
- Belarusian: сто́лец (stóljec) — furniture
- Belarusian: стул (stul) — furniture
- Bengali: চেয়ার (ceẏar) — furniture
- Bengali: আসন (aśon) — furniture
- Bengali: কেদারা (kedara) — furniture
- Bengali: কুরসি (kurśi) — furniture
- Central Bikol: tukawan — furniture
- Bislama: jea — furniture
- Breton: kador — furniture
- Bulgarian: стол (stol) — furniture
- Burmese: ထိုင်ခုံ (htuinghkum) — furniture
- Burmese: ကုလားထိုင် (ku.la:htuing) — furniture
- Buryat: һандали (handali) — furniture
- Buryat: стул (stul) — furniture
- Carpathian Rusyn: столе́ць (stolécʹ) — furniture
- Catalan: cadira — furniture
- Cebuano: siya — furniture
- Cebuano: linkoranan — furniture
- Chechen: гӏант (ğant) — furniture
- Cherokee: ᎦᏍᎩᎶ (gasgilo) — furniture
- Cheyenne: táxe'ėséestȯtse — furniture
- Chichewa: mpando — furniture
- Chinese Cantonese: 凳 /櫈 (dang3) — furniture
- Chinese Cantonese: 椅子 (ji2 zi2) — furniture
- Chinese: йизы (yizɨ) — furniture
- Eastern Min Chinese: 椅囝 (iē-giāng) — furniture
- Hakka Chinese: 凳仔 (ten-é) — furniture
- Hakka Chinese: 椅仔 — furniture
- Chinese: 椅仔 (í-á) — furniture
- Chinese Mandarin: 椅子 (yǐzi) — furniture
- Chinese Mandarin: 凳子 (dèngzi) — furniture
- Northern Min Chinese: 椅仔 (ǐ-ciě) — furniture
- Wu Chinese: 椅子 — furniture
- Xiang Chinese: 椅子 (i3 zr) — furniture
- West Circassian: пхъэнтӏэкӏу (pꭓɛntʼɛkwʼu) — furniture
- West Circassian: пхъэтӏэкӏу (pꭓɛtʼɛkwʼu) — furniture
- West Circassian: онэгу (wonɛgwu) — furniture
- Coptic: ⲧⲟⲧⲥ (tots) — furniture
- Cornish: kador — furniture
- Crimean Tatar: stul — furniture
- Czech: židle — furniture
- Dalmatian: catraida — furniture
- Danish: stol — furniture
- Dhivehi: ގޮނޑި (gonḍi) — furniture
- Dutch: stoel — furniture
- Dutch: zetel — furniture
- Esperanto: seĝo — furniture
- Estonian: tool — furniture
- Faroese: stólur — furniture
- Fijian: idabedabe — furniture
- Finnish: tuoli — furniture
- French: chaise — furniture
- French: fauteuil — furniture
- North Frisian: stuul — furniture
- North Frisian: Stuul — furniture
- North Frisian: stölj — furniture
- Old Frisian: stōl — furniture
- Saterland Frisian: Stoul — furniture
- Friulian: cjadree — furniture
- Friulian: čhadree — furniture
- Galician: cadeira — furniture
- Georgian: სკამი (sḳami) — furniture
- German: Sessel — furniture
- German: Stuhl — furniture
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃 (stōls) — furniture
- Greek: καρέκλα (karékla) — furniture
- Ancient Greek: δίφρος (díphros) — furniture
- Ancient Greek: ἕδρα (hédra) — furniture
- Ancient Greek: θᾶκος (thâkos) — furniture
- Greenlandic: issiavik — furniture
- Paraguayan Guarani: apyka'i — furniture
- Gujarati: ખુરસી (khursī) — furniture
- Gujarati: આસંદી (āsandī) — furniture
- Haitian Creole: chèz — furniture
- Hawaiian: noho — furniture
- Hebrew: כיסא \ כִּסֵּא (kisé) — furniture
- Hiligaynon: lingkoranan — furniture
- Hindi: आसंद (āsand) — furniture
- Hindi: कुरसी (kursī) — furniture
- White Hmong: rooj — furniture
- Hungarian: szék — furniture
- Iban: kerusi — furniture
- Icelandic: stóll — furniture
- Ido: stulo — furniture
- Indonesian: kursi — furniture
- Interlingua: sede — furniture
- Interlingua: sedia — furniture
- Irish: cathaoir — furniture
- Isan: เก้าอี้ (kêāxī̂) — furniture
- Italian: sedia — furniture
- Italian: seggiola — furniture
- Japanese: 椅子 (isu) — furniture
- Japanese: ソファ (sofa) — furniture
- Kabuverdianu: kadera — furniture
- Kalmyk: сандл (sandl) — furniture
- Kamba: kibila — furniture
- Kannada: ಕುರ್ಚಿ (kurci) — furniture
- Kapampangan: luklukan — furniture
- Kapampangan: tabureti — furniture
- Kashubian: stółk — furniture
- Kazakh: орындық (oryndyq) — furniture
- Khmer: កៅអី (kawʼəy) — furniture
- Kikuyu: gete — furniture
- Kimaragang: bangku — furniture
- Kongo: kiti — furniture
- Korean: 의자 (uija) — furniture
- Central Kurdish: کورسی (kursî) — furniture
- Northern Kurdish: kursî — furniture
- Northern Kurdish: sendelî — furniture
- Kyrgyz: орундук (orunduk) — furniture
- Lao: ຕັ່ງ (tang) — furniture
- Lao: ເກົ້າອີ້ (kao ʼī) — furniture
- Latgalian: krāslys — furniture
- Latin: sella — furniture
- Latin: sēdēs — furniture
- Latin: sedīle — furniture
- Latin: cathedra — furniture
- Latin: solium — furniture
- Latvian: krēsls — furniture
- Ligurian: carêga — furniture
- Limburgish: stool — furniture
- Lingala: kiti — furniture
- Lithuanian: kėdė — furniture
- Lombard: scagn — furniture
- Lombard: cadrega — furniture
- Louisiana Creole: lashèz — furniture
- Louisiana Creole: lashèj — furniture
- Louisiana Creole: shèj — furniture
- Louisiana Creole: shèz — furniture
- Lü: ᦎᧂᧈ (ṫang1) — furniture
- Luhya: endebe — furniture
- Luxembourgish: Stull — furniture
- Macedonian: стол (stol) — furniture
- Macedonian: столица (stolica) — furniture
- Maguindanao: kursi — furniture
- Malay: kerusi — furniture
- Brunei Malay: kerusi — furniture
- Malayalam: കസേര (kasēra) — furniture
- Maltese: siġġu — furniture
- Manchu: ᠨᡳᡴᡝᡴᡠ ᠮᡠᠯᠠᠨ (nikeku mulan) — furniture
- Manchu: ᡳᠰᡝ (ise) — furniture
- Mandinka: sirango — furniture
- Manx: caair — furniture
- Māori: tūru — furniture
- Māori: nohoanga — furniture
- Maranao: korsi' — furniture
- Marathi: खुर्ची (khurcī) — furniture
- Central Melanau: keresik — furniture
- Mongolian: сандал (sandal) — furniture
- Mongolian: суудал (suudal) — furniture
- Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠨᠳᠠᠯᠢ (sandali) — furniture
- Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ (saɣudal) — furniture
- Munsee: áhpăpoon — furniture
- Nahuatl: ikpali — furniture
- Navajo: bikááʼ dah asdáhí — furniture
- Navajo: bikʼi dah asdáhí — furniture
- Neapolitan: seggia — furniture
- Nepali: कुर्सी (kursī) — furniture
- Norman: tchaîse — furniture
- Norman: tchaîthe — furniture
- Norwegian Bokmål: stol — furniture
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stol — furniture
- Occitan: cadièra — furniture
- Odia: ଚୌକି (cauki) — furniture
- Ojibwe: apabiwin — furniture
- Old East Slavic: стулъ (stulŭ) — furniture
- Old English: stōl — furniture
- Pannonian Rusyn: карсцель (karscelʹ) — furniture
- Pashto: کورسۍ (kwǝrsǝ́y) — furniture
- Pashto: څوکۍ (cawkᶕy) — furniture
- Pashto: چوکۍ (čawkéy) — furniture
- Dari: چَوْکِی (čawkī) — furniture
- Dari: کُرْسِی (kursī) — furniture
- Dari: صَنْدَلِی (sandalī) — furniture
- Iranian Persian: صَنْدَلی (sandali) — furniture
- Iranian Persian: کُرْسی (korsi) — furniture
- Polish: krzesło — furniture
- Portuguese: cadeira — furniture
- Punjabi: ਕੁਰਸੀ (kursī) — furniture
- Puyuma: katengadrawan — furniture
- Quechua: tiyana — furniture
- Quechua: chukuna — furniture
- Rapa Nui: pepe — furniture
- Romagnol: scarâna — furniture
- Romani: skamin — furniture
- Romanian: scaun — furniture
- Romansh: sutga — furniture
- Romansh: soptga — furniture
- Romansh: chadregia — furniture
- Romansh: s-chabè — furniture
- Romansh: sopcha — furniture
- Russian: стул (stul) — furniture
- Northern Sami: stuollu — furniture
- Skolt-Sami: stuuʹl — furniture
- Southern Sami: stovle — furniture
- Samoan: nofoa — furniture
- Sanskrit: आसन (āsana) — furniture
- Sardinian: cadira — furniture
- Sardinian: carida — furniture
- Sardinian: cadrea — furniture
- Sardinian: catrea — furniture
- Scottish Gaelic: sèithear — furniture
- Scottish Gaelic: cathair — furniture
- Scottish Gaelic: suidheachan — furniture
- Sebop: keleci` — furniture
- Serbo-Croatian: сто̀лац — furniture
- Serbo-Croatian: сто̀лица — furniture
- Serbo-Croatian: stòlac — furniture
- Serbo-Croatian: stòlica — furniture
- Shan: တင်ႇငူင်း (tàng ngúung) — furniture
- Sicilian: seggia — furniture
- Sinhalese: පුටුව (puṭuwa) — furniture
- Slovak: stolička — furniture
- Slovene: stol — furniture
- Somali: kursi — furniture
- Lower Sorbian: stoł — furniture
- Upper Sorbian: stólc — furniture
- Sotho: setulo — furniture
- Spanish: silla — furniture
- Spanish: asiento — furniture
- Spanish: butaca — furniture
- Spanish: cadera — furniture
- Sranan Tongo: sturu — furniture
- Swahili: kiti — furniture
- Swedish: stol — furniture
- Tagalog: silya — furniture
- Tagalog: upuan — furniture
- Tagalog: luklukan — furniture
- Tai Dam: ꪔꪰ꪿ꪉ — furniture
- Tai Nüa: ᥖᥒᥱ (tǎng) — furniture
- Tajik: сандали (sandal-i) — furniture
- Tajik: курсӣ (kursi) — furniture
- Tajik: курси (kurs-i) — furniture
- Tamil: நாற்காலி (nāṟkāli) — furniture
- Tamil: கதிரை (katirai) — furniture
- Tatar: урындык (urındıq) — furniture
- Telugu: కుర్చీ (kurcī) — furniture
- Telugu: చేరు (cēru) — furniture
- Telugu: ఆసనం (āsanaṁ) — furniture
- Thai: เก้าอี้ (gâo-îi) — furniture
- Thai: ตั่ง (dtàng) — furniture
- Tibetan: རྐུབ་ཀྱག (rkub kyag) — furniture
- Tigrinya: መንበር (mänbär) — furniture
- Tok Pisin: sia — furniture
- Tonga (Zambia): cuuna — furniture
- Turkish: koltuk — furniture
- Turkish: iskemle — furniture
- Turkish: sandalye — furniture
- Ottoman Turkish: اسكمله (iskemle) — furniture
- Ottoman Turkish: سجه (sece) — furniture
- Turkmen: oturgyç — furniture
- Turkmen: kürsi — furniture
- Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎈𐎉 (kḥṭ) — furniture
- Ukrainian: стіле́ць (stilécʹ) — furniture
- Ukrainian: крі́сло (kríslo) — furniture
- Urdu: آسَنْد (āsand) — furniture
- Urdu: کُرْسی (kursī) — furniture
- Uyghur: ئورۇندۇق (orunduq) — furniture
- Uzbek: oʻrindiq — furniture
- Venetan: carega — furniture
- Vietnamese: ghế — furniture
- Vilamovian: śtül — furniture
- Volapük: jäd — furniture
- Walloon: tcheyire — furniture
- Walloon: tchereye — furniture
- Walloon: sele — furniture
- Welsh: cadair — furniture
- Welsh: ystôl — furniture
- Welsh: cadeiriau — furniture
- Winnebago: waamįnąk — furniture
- Yakut: олоппос (oloppos) — furniture
- Yakut: устуул (ustuul) — furniture
- Yiddish: שטול (shtul) — furniture
- Yiddish: בענקל (benkl) — furniture
- Zhuang: eij — furniture
- Zhuang: daengq — furniture
- Zulu: isihlalo — furniture
- Arabic: كُرْسِيّ مُعَلِّم (kursiyy muʕallim) — distinguished professorship
- Breton: kador-gelenn — distinguished professorship
- Bulgarian: катедра (katedra) — distinguished professorship
- Catalan: càtedra — distinguished professorship
- Dutch: leerstoel — distinguished professorship
- French: chaire — distinguished professorship
- German: Lehrstuhl — distinguished professorship
- Irish: ollúnacht — distinguished professorship
- Malay: kursi — distinguished professorship
- Malayalam: അദ്ധ്യക്ഷസ്ഥാനം (addhyakṣasthānaṁ) — distinguished professorship
- Norwegian Bokmål: professorat — distinguished professorship
- Norwegian Nynorsk: professorat — distinguished professorship
- Portuguese: cátedra — distinguished professorship
- Scottish Gaelic: cathair — distinguished professorship
- Spanish: eminencia — distinguished professorship
- Ukrainian: ка́федра (káfedra) — distinguished professorship
- Walloon: pirlodje — distinguished professorship
- Yiddish: קאַטעדרע (katedre) — distinguished professorship
- Bengali: চেয়ারপারসন (ceẏarparśon) — to act as chairperson
- Bulgarian: председателствувам (predsedatelstvuvam) — to act as chairperson
- Catalan: presidir — to act as chairperson
- Esperanto: prezidi — to act as chairperson
- Finnish: johtaa puhetta — to act as chairperson
- French: présider — to act as chairperson
- German: Vorsitz m führen — to act as chairperson
- Italian: presiedere — to act as chairperson
- Malay: kerusi — to act as chairperson
- Malay: mengerusi — to act as chairperson
- Macedonian: претседава (pretsedava) — to act as chairperson
- Macedonian: води (vodi) — to act as chairperson
- Norman: présider — to act as chairperson
- Portuguese: comandar — to act as chairperson
- Portuguese: dirigir — to act as chairperson
- Spanish: presidir — to act as chairperson
- Spanish: dirigir — to act as chairperson
- Turkish: başkanlık etmek — to act as chairperson
- Welsh: cadeirio — to award a chair to
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