Meaning of Armchair | Babel Free
ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)Definitions
Equivalents
Afrikaans
leunstoel
Azərbaycanca
kreslo
Čeština
křeslo
Ελληνικά
πολυθρόνα
Esperanto
brakseĝo
Eesti
tugitool
Suomi
nojatuoli
Galego
cadeira
עברית
כורסה
हिन्दी
आराम-कुर्सी
Հայերեն
բազկաթոռ
Italiano
poltrona
ქართული
სავარძელი
Қазақша
кресло
ខ្មែរ
កៅអីសាឡុង
Lëtzebuergesch
Fotell
Македонски
фотелја
Polski
fotel
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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