chaise longue
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK) IPA(key): /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/
(US) IPA(key): /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɔŋ/
Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ, -ɒŋ
=== Noun ===
chaise longue (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)
(chiefly UK) A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.
Synonyms: (American) chaise lounge, lit de repos
==== Related terms ====
chaise
==== Translations ====
=== Further reading ===
chaise longue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
=== Anagrams ===
chaise lounge
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Literally, “long chair”.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ/
Rhymes: -ɔ̃ɡ
=== Noun ===
chaise longue f (plural chaises longues)
chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)
==== Descendants ====
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): */ˈʃɛz ˈlɔnɡ/
=== Noun ===
chaise longue f (plural chaises longues)
chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)
Synonyms: agrippina, (rare) cislonga
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
chaise longue f (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)
chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)
=== Further reading ===
“chaise longue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Noun ===
chaise longue f (plural chaise longue)
chaise longue
Synonym: cheslón
=== Further reading ===
“chaise longue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025