different between settee vs chaise

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??ti?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) +? -ee (diminutive suffix)

Noun

settee (plural settees)

1. A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
   • 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.

Translations

See also

• loveseat
• couch
• divan
• sofa

Etymology 2

From French scétie, scitie.

Noun

settee (plural settees)

1. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.

Anagrams

• testee

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chaise. Doublet of cathedra and chair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z

Noun

chaise (plural chaises)

1. An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]

     The next morning after breakfast, Joe put Merrylegs into the mistress's low chaise to take him to the vicarage; he came first and said good bye to us, and Merrylegs neighed to us from the yard.

2. A chaise longue.
3. A post chaise.

Anagrams

• Sachie

French

Etymology

Originally, simply a variant of chaire. From Middle French chaire, inherited from Latin cathedra (“seat”), a borrowing from Ancient Greek ??????? (kathédra). Doublet of chaire and cathèdre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??z/
• Rhymes: -?z

Noun

chaise f (plural chaises)

1. chair, seat.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Alemannic German: Scheese
• ? English: chaise

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• séchai

Irish

Adjective

chaise

1. Lenited form of caise.

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

chaise

1. Lenited form of cas.

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