Phrase guide

rocking chair

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒkɪŋˌt͡ʃɛə/
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˈɹɑkɪŋˌt͡ʃɛɹ/ of Canada
  • Wisconsin Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈɹɒkɪŋˌt͡ʃɛɹ/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˈɹɔkɪŋˌt͡ʃeː/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked (swung) back and forth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a chair mounted on rockers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rocker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chair

Narrower terms: Boston rocker, platform rocker, shoofly

History

Etymology

From rocking + chair.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ճոճաթոռ (čočatʻoṙ) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Basque: kulunkaulki — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Catalan: balancí — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Chinese: 摇椅 (yáoyǐ) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Chinese Cantonese: 搖椅 /摇椅 (jiu4 ji2) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Chinese Mandarin: 搖椅 /摇椅 (yáoyǐ) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Choctaw: abinili awinakʋchi — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Czech: houpací křeslo — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Danish: gyngestol — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Dutch: schommelstoel — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Esperanto: lulseĝo — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Esperanto: balancoseĝo — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Estonian: kiiktool — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Faroese: ruggustólur — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Finnish: keinutuoli — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Finnish: kiikkutuoli — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • French: chaise à bascule — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • French: fauteuil à bascule — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • French: berçante — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • French: rocking chair — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Galician: randeeira — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Galician: arrendeeira — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • German: Schaukelstuhl — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Greek: κουνιστή καρέκλα (kounistí karékla) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Hebrew: כיסא נדנדה (kisé nadnéda) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Hindi: झूलकुर्सी (jhūlkursī) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Hungarian: hintaszék — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Icelandic: ruggustóll — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Ido: baskulostulo — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Indonesian: kursi goyang — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Irish: cathaoir luasctha — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Irish: cathaoir luascáin — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Italian: sedia a dondolo — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Japanese: ロッキングチェア (rokkingu chea) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Japanese: 揺り椅子 (yuriisu) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Korean: 흔들의자 (heundeuruija) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Marathi: आराम खुर्ची (ārām khurcī) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Mongolian: дүүжин сандал (düüžin sandal) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Navajo: bikááʼ dah asdáhí yiwodígíí — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gyngestol — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gyngestol — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Papiamentu: stul di zoya — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Plautdietsch: Schockelstool — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Plautdietsch: Jenjelstool — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Polish: fotel bujany — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Polish: fatersztul — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Portuguese: cadeira de balanço — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Romanian: balansoar — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Romansh: sutga da ballabaina — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Russian: кре́сло-кача́лка (kréslo-kačálka) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Scottish Gaelic: cathair shiùdanach — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Serbo-Croatian: столица за љуљање — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Serbo-Croatian: stolica za ljuljanje — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Lower Sorbian: hympaty stoł — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Spanish: mecedora — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Spanish: sillón de hamaca — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Spanish: balancín — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Spanish: comadrita — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Sranan Tongo: boboisturu — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Swedish: gungstol — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Tagalog: tumba-tumba — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Telugu: ఊగేచేరు (ūgēcēru) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Thai: เก้าอี้โยก — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Turkish: sallanan sandalye — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Ukrainian: крі́сло-го́йдалка (kríslo-hójdalka) — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Vietnamese: ghế rocking — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Welsh: cadair siglo — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
  • Welsh: cadeiriau siglo — chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked