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Meaning of Armchair | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
  2. A position removed from that which one is

Equivalents

Afrikaans leunstoel
Azərbaycanca kreslo
Беларуская крэсла фатэ́ль
Български кресло фотьо́йл
Čeština křeslo
Ελληνικά πολυθρόνα
Esperanto brakseĝo
Eesti tugitool
Suomi nojatuoli
Galego cadeira
עברית כורסה
हिन्दी आराम-कुर्सी
Magyar fotel karosszék
Հայերեն բազկաթոռ
Italiano poltrona
ქართული სავარძელი
Қазақша кресло
ខ្មែរ កៅអីសាឡុង
Lëtzebuergesch Fotell
Lietuvių fotelis krėslas
Македонски фотелја
Nederlands fauteuil leunstoel
Polski fotel
Português cadeirão poltrona
Română fotoliu
Slovenčina kreslo
Shqip kolltuk
Türkçe koltuk
Tiếng Việt ghế bành

Examples

“There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker arm-chairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had also emerged some Indian clubs,[…]; and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.”
“[W]hen he [Pooh] suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best arm-chair, he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.”
“Evaluating possible etymologies requires a significant amount of knowledge about the speakers' lived reality […] for instance, the semantic connection between some species of plant and its use in traditional medicine may be fully transparent to a native speaker, but harder to understand from the perspective of a linguist's armchair.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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