English

Etymology

From Middle French chaire which came from Latin cathedra .

Pronunciation

• IPA : /ʧεə(r)/

Noun

chair (chairs)

1. an item of furniture used to sit on or in consisting of a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
2. (slang) (the chair) the electric chair .
3. the seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
4. blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices.
5. chairperson; a non-gender-specific form of chairman

Translations

• Afrikaans: stoel m
• Arabic: (kursi)
• Bavarian: Stui , Sässl
• Bulgarian: стол m
• Catalan: cadira f, seient m
• Czech: křeslo n
• Dutch: stoel m, zetel m
• Esperanto: seĝo (1), prezidanto (2)
• Finnish: tuoli
• French: chaise f, fauteuil m
• German: Stuhl m (1), Sessel m (1), Vorsitzender (5)
• Indonesian: kursi , tempat duduk
• Interlingua: sede , cathedra
• Italian: sedia f
• Japanese: 椅子 (いす, isu)
• Latin: cathedra
• Malayalam: (kasera)
• Polish: krzesło f
• Portuguese: cadeira f
• Romanian: scaun n

  стул m (stul)

• Slovene: stol m
• Spanish: asiento m, silla f
• Swedish: stol (1)

Transitive verb

to chair

1. To act as chairperson. (Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA : /ʃɛʁ/

Noun

chair f

1. flesh

Translations

• English: flesh