Phrase guide

deck chair

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beach chair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: folding chair

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: gandula — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Chinese Mandarin: 躺椅 (tǎngyǐ) — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Czech: skládací židle — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Czech: skládací lehátko — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Czech: lehátko — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Danish: liggestol — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Danish: dækstol — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Finnish: rantatuoli — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Finnish: kansituoli — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • French: transat — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • French: chilienne — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • German: Deckstuhl — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • German: Liegestuhl — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Hebrew: כִּסֵּא נוֹחַ (kissé nóaẖ) — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Hebrew: כורסת שיזוף (kursát shizúf) — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Hungarian: nyugágy — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Icelandic: þilfarsstóll — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Icelandic: kjaftastóll — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Irish: cathaoir deice — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Italian: sdraio — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Italian: sedia a sdraio — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Italian: spiaggina — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Japanese: デッキチェア (dekki chea) — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Macedonian: лежалка (ležalka) — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Norwegian Bokmål: liggestol — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: liggestol — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: liggjestol — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Polish: leżak — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Portuguese: cadeira de praia — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Romanian: șezlong — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Russian: шезло́нг (šezlóng) — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Serbo-Croatian: лѐжа̄љка — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Serbo-Croatian: lèžāljka — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Slovak: ležadlo — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Spanish: tumbona — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Spanish: reposera — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Spanish: perezoso — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Spanish: perezosa — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Swedish: däcksstol — a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Volapük: takädastul — a folding chair with a wooden frame