fauteuil

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fauteuil, from Germanic. Cognate with Old English fealdestōl (“folding-chair”). Doublet of faldistory, faldstool, and foldstool. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fəʊˈtɜː.i/, /ˈfəʊ.tɜː.ɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.tɪl/, /ˈfoʊ.tɔɪ/, /foʊˈteɪ/ === Noun === fauteuil (plural fauteuils) An armchair. The chair of a presiding officer. (by extension) Membership in the Académie française. === References === “fauteuil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fauteuil. Doublet of faldistorium and vouwstoel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /foːˈtœy̯/ === Noun === fauteuil m (plural fauteuils, diminutive fauteuiltje n) armchair == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French faulxdestueil, fauldesteul, fausdestueil, from Old French faudestuel, faldestoel, borrowed from Frankish *faldistōl (“folding seat”). Cognate with English foldstool, faldstool. Doublet of faldistoire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fo.tœj/ === Noun === fauteuil m (plural fauteuils) armchair (figurative) seat: office or position ==== Derived terms ==== fauteuil roulant fauteuil à bascule ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “fauteuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012