cadira

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cathégra (compare Occitan cadièra, Portuguese cadeira, Lombard cadrega), from Latin cathedra (compare French chaire, whence also English chair), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of the borrowing càtedra.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈði.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈði.ɾa]

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cadira f (plural cadires)

1. chair

   Ser per llogar-hi cadires ― to be something so curious, incredible, or unheard to behold (an idiom, literally to be something to rent seats for)

• “cadira”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cadira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.