fauteuil

[ foh-til; French foh-tœ-yuh ]

/ ˈfoʊ tɪl; French foʊˈtœ yə /

noun, plural fau·teuils [foh-tilz; French foh-tœ-yuh]. /ˈfoʊ tɪlz; French foʊˈtœ yə/.

French Furniture. an upholstered armchair, especially one with open sides.

Compare bergère.

Origin of fauteuil

1735–45; <French; Old French faldestoel, faudestueil<Old Low Franconian *faldistôl;see faldstool

Words nearby fauteuil

Faustian, Faustian bargain, Faustus, faut, faute de mieux, fauteuil, Fauve, faux, fauxbourdon, faux-naïf, faux pas

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Example sentences from the Web for fauteuil

Perhaps his highest honor, during a life of honors, was his refusal of an election to a fauteuil in the Acadmie Franaise.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
She nestled a little nearer him on the fauteuil where they were sitting.
Lancaster's Choice|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
But he did not go to bed for that hour, he slept in a fauteuil.
Ten Years Later|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
In 1829 he published a volume of verse of great merit; this and the Spectacle dans un Fauteuil made him famous at once.
Contes Franais|Douglas Labaree Buffum

With that, she would draw from under her fauteuil a little drum, which she would place between her feet on a foot-stool.
Later Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams

British Dictionary definitions for fauteuil

fauteuil

/ (ˈfəʊtɜːɪ, French fotœj) /

noun

an armchair, the sides of which are not upholstered

Word Origin for fauteuil

C18: from French, from Old French faudestuel, folding chair, of Germanic origin; see faldstool

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单词	fauteuil
释义	fauteuil [ foh-til; French foh-tœ-yuh ] / ˈfoʊ tɪl; French foʊˈtœ yə / noun, plural fau·teuils [foh-tilz; French foh-tœ-yuh]. /ˈfoʊ tɪlz; French foʊˈtœ yə/. French Furniture. an upholstered armchair, especially one with open sides. Compare bergère. Origin of fauteuil 1735–45; <French; Old French faldestoel, faudestueil<Old Low Franconian *faldistôl;see faldstool Words nearby fauteuil Faustian, Faustian bargain, Faustus, faut, faute de mieux, fauteuil, Fauve, faux, fauxbourdon, faux-naïf, faux pas Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fauteuil Perhaps his highest honor, during a life of honors, was his refusal of an election to a fauteuil in the Acadmie Franaise. The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)\|Benjamin Ellis Martin She nestled a little nearer him on the fauteuil where they were sitting. Lancaster's Choice\|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller But he did not go to bed for that hour, he slept in a fauteuil. Ten Years Later\|Alexandre Dumas, Pere In 1829 he published a volume of verse of great merit; this and the Spectacle dans un Fauteuil made him famous at once. Contes Franais\|Douglas Labaree Buffum With that, she would draw from under her fauteuil a little drum, which she would place between her feet on a foot-stool. Later Queens of the French Stage\|H. Noel Williams British Dictionary definitions for fauteuil fauteuil / (ˈfəʊtɜːɪ, French fotœj) / noun an armchair, the sides of which are not upholstered Word Origin for fauteuil C18: from French, from Old French faudestuel, folding chair, of Germanic origin; see faldstool Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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