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davenport

English

Etymology

Sofa sense was named for the now defunct furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport Company.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?dæv?np??t/

Noun

davenport (plural davenports)

  1. A large sofa, especially a formal one.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt
      He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.
  2. A writing desk.
    • 1944, Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler Double Indemnity (screenplay)
      He crosses to the davenport to get the policies from his briefcase,

Anagrams

  • provanted

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lounge

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain, possibly from French s'allonger (to lie down). Compare French longer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la?nd?/
  • Rhymes: -a?nd?

Noun

lounge (plural lounges)

  1. A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
  2. (Britain) A domestic living room.
    • 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur,[1] chapter 18:
      The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. [] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
  3. An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
  4. A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
  5. The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
    • 1849, The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
      That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.

Synonyms

  • (living room): loungeroom (Australia), sitting room (Britain), parlour
  • (pub): See also Thesaurus:pub

Descendants

  • German: Lounge
  • Japanese: ???? (raunji)
  • Korean: ??? (raunji)
  • Swedish: lounge

Translations

Verb

lounge (third-person singular simple present lounges, present participle lounging, simple past and past participle lounged)

  1. To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
    • 1854, J. Hannay, Singleton Fontenoy, R.N
      We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • lugeon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English lounge

Noun

lounge m (definite singular loungen, indefinite plural lounger, definite plural loungene)

  1. a lounge (usually in a hotel, airport or ship)

References

  • “lounge” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Spanish

Noun

lounge m (plural lounges or lounge)

  1. lounge

Swedish

Etymology 1

lo +? unge

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lu?.???/

Noun

lounge c

  1. A lynx cub.

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lounge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹la?nd?/

Noun

lounge c

  1. A lounge, a waiting room.

Declension

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