Phrase guide

chaise longue

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • UK: /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/
  • US: /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɔŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒŋɡ
  • rhymes with -ɒŋ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chaise lounge, lit de repos

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a long chair; for reclining

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chaise, daybed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chair

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَضْجَع (maḍjaʕ) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Basque: etzaulki — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Belarusian: кушэ́тка (kušétka) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Belarusian: шэзло́нг (šezlónh) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Breton: hirgador — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Breton: kador-hir — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Catalan: chaise longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Catalan: chaise-longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 躺椅 (tǎngyǐ) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 睡椅 (shuìyǐ) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Czech: šezlong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Czech: dlouhé křeslo — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Danish: chaiselong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Dutch: ligstoel — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Dutch: chaise longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Esperanto: kuŝsofo — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Estonian: chaise longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Finnish: lepotuoli — reclining chair with a long seat
  • French: chaise longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Georgian: შეზლონგი (šezlongi) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • German: Chaiselongue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • German: Recamiere — reclining chair with a long seat
  • German: Relaxliege — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Greek: ανάκλιντρο (anáklintro) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Hungarian: sezlon — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Italian: chaise longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Italian: agrippina — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Italian: greppina — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Italian: cislonga — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Italian: sislunga — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Japanese: シェーズ・ロング (shēzu-rongu) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Kashubian: szezelon — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Korean: 긴 의자 (gin uija) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Ladino: cheslon — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Lithuanian: šezlòngas — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjeselong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjeselong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Polish: szezlong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Portuguese: chaise longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Romanian: șezlong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Russian: куше́тка (kušétka) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Russian: шезло́нг (šezlóng) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Serbo-Croatian: шѐзлонг — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Serbo-Croatian: šèzlong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Spanish: tumbona — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Spanish: chaise longue — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Spanish: cheslón — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Swedish: schäslong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Turkish: şezlong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Ukrainian: куше́тка (kušétka) — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Uzbek: shezlong — reclining chair with a long seat
  • Yiddish: שעזלאָנג (shezlong) — reclining chair with a long seat