Phrase guide

folding screen

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A piece of furniture consisting of two or more frames connected by hinges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese screen

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَاتِر (sātir) — furniture
  • Arabic: بارافان (barafān, baravān) — furniture
  • Arabic: بارافان (barafān, paravān) — furniture
  • Catalan: paravent — furniture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屏風 /屏风 (píngfēng) — furniture
  • Czech: paraván — furniture
  • Dutch: kamerscherm — furniture
  • Finnish: sermi — furniture
  • Finnish: taitettava seinäke — furniture
  • French: paravent — furniture
  • German: spanische Wand — furniture
  • German: Wandschirm — furniture
  • German: Faltschirm — furniture
  • German: Paravent — furniture
  • German: Sichtschutzwand — furniture
  • German: Stellwand — furniture
  • Greek: παραβάν (paraván) — furniture
  • Hungarian: spanyolfal — furniture
  • Italian: paravento — furniture
  • Japanese: 屏風 (byōbu) — furniture
  • Korean: 병풍 (byeongpung) — furniture
  • Manchu: ᡥᡠᠸᡝᠵᡝᠨ (huwejen) — furniture
  • Polish: parawan — furniture
  • Portuguese: biombo — furniture
  • Portuguese: para-vento — furniture
  • Romanian: paravan — furniture
  • Russian: ши́рма (šírma) — furniture
  • Spanish: biombo — furniture
  • Turkish: paravan — furniture
  • Turkish: paravana — furniture
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاراوان (paravan) — furniture
  • Vietnamese: bình phong — furniture
  • Welsh: sgrîn blygu — furniture