Sofa

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A woman on a sofa.

See also Sofa, sofá, sofà, and sófa

English

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Etymology

Derived from Arabic صفة (súffa, sofa, long seat made of stone or brick). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Spain.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sō'fə, IPA: /ˈsəʊfə/, SAMPA: /"s@Uf@/

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• Rhymes: -əʊfə

Noun

Singular Sofa

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1. An upholstered seat, typically having sides and back, long enough to accommodate two or more people.

Synonyms

• couch
• divan
• settee

Translations

upholstered seat

Armenian: բազմոց hy(hy) (bazmoc’) Bulgarian: диван bg(bg) (divan) n. Catalan: sofà ca(ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 沙發, simpl. 沙发 (shāfā) Min Nan: 膨椅 (phòng-í) Czech: pohovka cs(cs) f., gauč cs(cs) m. Danish: sofa da(da) Dutch: bank f. m. in Holland, zetel m., sofa m. Esperanto: kanapo eo(eo), sofo eo(eo) Estonian: sohva et(et) Finnish: sohva fi(fi) French: canapé fr(fr) m. Galician: sofá m. German: Sofa de(de) n. Greek: καναπές el(el) (kanapés) m. Hebrew: ספה (sappah) f. Icelandic: sófi is(is) m.

Interlingua: sofa ia(ia) Italian: divano it(it) m., sofà it(it) m. Japanese: ソファー (sofā), 長椅子 (ながいす) (nagaisu) Korean: 소파 (sopa) Kurdish: qenepe ku(ku) Northern Sami: suffá Norwegian: sofa no(no) Polish: kanapa pl(pl) f. Portuguese: sofá pt(pt) m. Romanian: canapea f., canapele f. pl. Russian: софа ru(ru) (sofá) f., диван ru(ru) (diván) m. Scottish Gaelic: langasaid f., suaineachan m., sunnag f. Serbian: ležaj sr(sr) m. Spanish: sofá es(es) m. Swedish: soffa sv(sv) c. Turkish: kanepe tr(tr) Urdu: صوفہ (s̱ufa) Vietnamese: ghế xô-fa

See also

• love seat

Anagrams

• afos,
• as of
• oafs

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Danish

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Noun

Sofa c. (singular definite Sofaen, plural indefinite Sofaer)

1. sofa, couch, divan, settee

Inflection

    Inflection of Sofa

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Sofa	Sofaen	Sofaer	Sofaerne
genitive	Sofas	Sofaens	Sofaers	Sofaernes

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French

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sofa

Etymology

From English sofa

Pronunciation

• IPA: /so.fa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: sofas

Noun

Sofa m. (plural Sofas)

1. couch; sofa

Synonyms

• (couch): canapé

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɔːva/

  Rhymes: -ɔːva

Verb

Sofa strong verb (third person singular past indicative svaf, third person plural past indicative sváfum, supine sofið)

1. to sleep

Derived terms

• sofa hjá
• sofa yfir sig
• fara að sofa
• sofa laust (to sleep lightly)

See also

• syfja

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Interlingua

Noun

Singular Sofa

Plural s

Sofa (s)

1. (item of furniture) sofa

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Norwegian

Noun

sofa

1. sofa, couch

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sòfa f. (Cyrillic spelling со̀фа)

1. sofa

Declension

    declension of Sofa

	singular	plural
nominative	sofa	sofe
genitive	sofe	sofa
dative	sofi	sofama
accusative	sofu	sofe
vocative	sofo	sofe
locative	sofi	sofama
instrumental	sofom	sofama

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