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sofa
CEFRA1
/ˈsəʊ̯fə/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A comfortable seat for two or more people.
- 02
noun
Extra detailAn upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
Examples
Having finished all her housework, she sat down on the sofa to watch television.
He was lying on his back on the sofa.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 4
Also pronounced
- /ˈsoʊ̯fə/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsTo furnish with one or more sofas.
A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
verb
Extra meaningTo seat or lay down on a sofa.
More examples
In contextWe would like to buy a sofa.
He bought a big sofa two days before his relatives arrived.
I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur
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Origin
noun
Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”). Cognate with Aramaic צפא/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.