different between seggiolone vs fauteuil

Italian

Noun

seggiolone m (plural seggioloni)

1. highchair, high chair

Related terms

• seggiola

English

Etymology

French. See faldistory.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???t??.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fo?.t?l/

Noun

fauteuil (plural fauteuils)

1. An armchair.
2. The chair of a presiding officer.
3. (by extension) Membership in the Académie française.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fauteuil. Doublet of vouwstoel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo??tœy?/

Noun

fauteuil m (plural fauteuils, diminutive fauteuiltje n)

1. armchair

French

Etymology

From Old French faudestuel, faldestoel, borrowed from Frankish *faldist?l (“folding seat”), from Proto-Germanic *faldist?laz (“foldstool, folding chair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.tœj/

Noun

fauteuil m (plural fauteuils)

1. armchair
2. (figuratively) seat: office or position

Derived terms

• fauteuil roulant
• fauteuil à bascule

Descendants

Further reading

• “fauteuil” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).