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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fauteuil, from Germanic. Cognate with Old English fealdestōl (“folding-chair”). See also English faldistory.
Pronunciation
Noun
fauteuil (plural fauteuils)
- An armchair.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. , volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 96:Gaston of Orleans was seated in a fauteuil, wrapped in a loose dressing-gown, everything about him betokening an indolent love of ease.
- The chair of a presiding officer.
- (by extension) Membership in the Académie française.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “fauteuil”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “fauteuil”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “fauteuil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Dutch
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fauteuil. Doublet of vouwstoel.
Pronunciation
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
fauteuil m (plural fauteuils)
- armchair
- (figurative) seat: office or position
1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 42:Pendant la durée du comité général, les assistants se retireront, le fauteuil du président sera vacant, l’ordre sera maintenu par le vice-président.- During the term of the general committee, should the assistants retire should the chair of the president be vacant, order shall be maintained by the vice-president.
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