fotel

From German Fauteuil, from French fauteuil (“armchair”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfotɛl]
• Hyphenation: fo‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

fotel (plural fotelek)

1. armchair

See variations in declension in every form [1]: plural fotelek/fotelok, possessive: fotele/fotelje/fotelja.

• fotel in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Borrowed from French fauteuil. Doublet of faldistorium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɛl
• Syllabification: fo‧tel

fotel m inan (diminutive fotelik, related adjective fotelowy)

1. armchair (chair with supports for the arms or elbows)
2. seat (comfortable, single seat in a vehicle, airplane, or auditorium)

   fotel samochodowy ― car seat

3. seat (special place for a patient in a doctor's office or a customer in some service establishments)

   fotel fryzjerski ― hairdresser's chair

   fotel dentystyczny ― dentist's chair

4. (figurative) seat (membership in an organization, particularly a representative body)

   Synonyms: krzesło, stołek

• fotel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fotel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• fotel in PWN's encyclopedia

fotel n (plural fotele)

1. alternative form of fotoliu