Sofa

Definition: Sofa

Sofa

Noun

1. An upholstered seat for more than one person.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sofa" was first used: 1625. (references)

Etymology: Sofa \So"fa\, noun; plural Sofas. [from Arabic expression soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: compare to the French expression sofa, Italian sof[`a].]. (references)

SOFA

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Sofa

Support

Seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.

Crosswords: Sofa

Afrikaan (sofa), Danish (bench, couch, divan, sofa), Dutch (sofa), Faeroese (couch, sofa), French (couch, sofa, squab), Frisian (couch), German (couch, davenport, settee, sofa), Icelandic (be asleep, sleep), Norwegian (couch, divan, sofa), Papiamen (sofa), Polish (sofa), Romanian (couch, lounge, ottoman, settee, sofa), Serbo-Croatian (bed sitter, sofa), Swedish (sofa).

Well, did you try looking inside the sofa in hell (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Well color me happy, there's a sofa in here for two. (Pretty Woman; writing credit: J.F. Lawton.)

They were in the sofa, under the cushion (Zero Effect; writing credit: Jake Kasdan)

If you have a good sofa, you watch too much television (Zakka West; writing credit: Mikael Colville-Andersen)

Let me sleep on the sofa. I love sleeping on the sofa (Only When I Laugh; writing credit: Neil Simon)

She sat right down on the sofa (Hanginaround; performing artist: Counting Crows)

Smokers out back, sellin they mama's sofa (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z)

Saw me banging on the sofa (It Wasn't Me; performing artist: Shaggy)

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon (MRS. ROBINSON; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel)

Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa (1963)

Girls Struggling for a Sofa (1898)

Fast Sofa (2001)

Ethel's Sofa (2000)

Sofa Melt (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Mission Sofa and Chair : Woodworking Plan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Queen of Sofa Mountain: a cat's fantasy (reference)

• Sofa Chicago 1999: Sculpture Objects Functional Art: November 5-7 1999, Navy Pier (reference)

• The Ceo of the Sofa (reference)

• The Sofa Surfing Handbook: A Guide for Modern Nomads (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fast Sofa (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Big Brown Sofa (reference)

• Sofa King Cool (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scene in the Supply Officer's stateroom, 18 January 1938. The officer writing at the desk may be Lieutenant Commander Matthew T. Betton, USN(SC), who was Brooklyn's Supply Officer at the time. Note safe, with combination lock, installed as part of the desk; fan, electric heater, officer's sword and .45 caliber M1911 pistol on the bulkhead above the sofa. Credit: NAVY.

Young woman sitting on the floor at the feet of a man on a sofa. Credit: Library of Congress.

All stood in a row and Jill from her sofa surveyed them critically. Credit: Library of Congress.

Think I'll sleep on the sofa for awhile!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lillie Langtry as Cleopatra, full-length portrait, lying on sofa and looking in mirror. Credit: Library of Congress.

Behandlungszimmer, sofa detail. Credit: Library of Congress.

Adeline Tapley Fuller Stowell, as a girl, three-quarters length portrait, facing front, seated on upholstered sofa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Interior of house designed by architect June B. Benedict, showing fireplace, sofa, art objects, etc., Denver, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress.

Portrait of a woman, partially draped, seated on a sofa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Charles H. Upson, residence in Middlebury, Connecticut. Living room, to sofa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

I took him as he was sleeping on the sofa, and it is as strong a likeness of his cockade as you would wish to see.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sofa": convertible sofa ♦ convertible sofa bed ♦ sofa bed ♦ sofa bedstead. Additional references.

Beginning with "sofa": sofa-bed, sofa-beds, sofa-covers, sofa-cushion, sofa-lounging, sofa-swing, sofa-table.

Containing "sofa": having-somebody-crashed-on-your-sofa-for-three-months.

Afrikaans

sofa. (various references)

Albanian

kanape (Chesterfield, daybed, squab), divan (couch, divan, settee). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقعد طويل (divan, settee, slip), ‏مقعد (bench, chair, couch, cripple, crippled, disable, incapacitated, infirm, invalid, lame, seat, settee, stool), ‏متكأ (couch, cushion, divan, ottoman, rest), ‏أريكة (armchair, couch, davenport, divan, settee, squab). (various references)

Bulgarian 

софа, кушетка (couch, davenport, daybed, divan bed, pouf, squab), канапе (couch, settee), диван (couch, divan bed, ottoman). (various references)

Catalan

sofà. (various references)

Chamorro

sofá. (various references)

Chinese 

沙發 , 沙发 (Sofas). (various references)

Cornish

growethva. (various references)

Czech

pohovka (chaise longue, couch, divan, ottoman, settee), gauè (couch, divan), divan (couch, divan). (various references)

Danish

sofa (bench, couch, divan), sovesofa. (various references)

Dutch

canapé (couch). (various references)

Esperanto

sofo, kanapo (couch). (various references)

Faeroese

sofa (couch). (various references)

Farsi 

نیمکت مبلی نرم وفنری , نیمکت (Bench, Couch, Seat, Settee, Squab). (various references)

Finnish

sohva (couch, divan, settee). (various references)

French

sofa, canapé. (various references)

German

Sofa (couch, davenport, settee), Kanapee (couch, settee), Couch (couch, divan, settee). (various references)

Greek 

καναπές (couch, settee). (various references)

Hebrew 

דרגש (divan, ottoman, settee), ספה (couch, settee). (various references)

Hungarian

szófa (chesterfield), pamlag (settee). (various references)

Irish

tolg. (various references)

Italian

sofà (couch), divano (coach, couch, divan, settee). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ソナタ形式 (couch, soft, soft drink, soft hat, soft serve ice cream, softball, software, software-stack, sonata form, sonnet, Sony, Soviet Union), 寝椅子 (couch, lounge chair). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ねいす (couch, lounge chair), ソファー (couch), ソファ . (various references)

Korean 

소파 (couch, Sofas). (various references)

Manx

aashag (boss, couch, embossment, pad, seat). (various references)

Norwegian

sofa (couch, divan), sjeselong (couch, divan). (various references)

Papiamen

sofa. (various references)

Pig Latin

ofasay.(various references)

Polish

sofa. (various references)

Portuguese

sofá (couch, divan, lounge, settee), canapé (couch, settee). (various references)

Romanian

sofa (couch, lounge, ottoman, settee), dormezã, divan (couch, divan), canapea (bedstead, Chesterfield, couch, davenport, divan, seat, settee). (various references)

Romansch

canapé. (various references)

Russian 

софа, диван (couch, daybed, divan, love seat, ottoman, settee). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sofa (bed sitter), divan (admirable, adorable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan, divan bed, divine, dreamy, gorgeous, great, groovy, high-toned, jolly, lovely, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, splendid, stunning, superb, terrific). (various references)

Sicilian

sofà. (various references)

Spanish

canapé (couch, day bed, love seat, settee), sofá (Chesterfield, couch, davenport, settee, squab). (various references)

Swahili

kochi (coach, couch, divan). (various references)

Swedish

soffa (couch, coutch, seat, setee, settee). (various references)

Thai

โซฟา. (various references)

Turkish

sedir (cedar, couch, davenport, day bed, divan, ottoman), kanepe (canape, couch, davenport, lounge, settee). (various references)

Ukrainian

софа, диван (ottoman). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ghế xôfa, ghế trường kỷ (settee). (various references)

lectis, lecto, lectum, lectus. (various references)

suffah. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sofa": sofar, sofars, sofas. (additional references)

Words containing "sofa": insofar. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sofa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bofa, cofa, Esfa, gofa, jofa, mofa, ofa, Osea, osf, Osfi, Ospf, safa, safba, saffa, saffo, safu, Safwat, Satfa, scofi, sdfa, Sefi, Seyfi, sf, sfa, sfax, sfda, sfs, sfx, Shoaf, shofar, sifaka, sifi, sifo, sifu, Skfa, skof, soa, soaf, soaq, soca, soea, sof, sofad, Sofala, sofar, sofat, sofe, sofed, sofet, soffy, Sofi, sofian, sofic, sofie, sofit, sofo, sofs, sofy, Sofya, sona, sooa, soof, sopa, sota, sova, soxa, soza, spf, Ssfa, suffa, svoja, tofa, Tolfa, zefa, zof, zofe, zofo, Zofran, Zuffa. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: oafs.

-1 letter: fas, oaf.

-2 letters: as, fa, of, os, so.

+1 letter: fados, fanos, faros, fatso, foals, foams, fossa, loafs, ofays, sofar, sofas, softa.

+2 letters: aftosa, fagots, famous, fanons, fatsos, favors, fiasco, floats, floras, flotas, forams, forays, fossae, fossas, foveas, ganofs, loofas, oafish, offals, safrol, shofar, sofars, softas.

+3 letters: affords, aftmost, aftosas, ausform, castoff, confabs, defoams, factors, faggots, falcons, fallows, fandoms, fanions, fantods, fantoms, farrows, fashion, fathoms, fatsoes, fatuous, favours, fedoras, feijoas, fiascos, flacons, flagons, flavors, florals, flotsam, foamers, folates, forages, foresaw, formals, formats, forsake, fossate, fugatos, insofar, layoffs, loafers, loofahs, mafiosi, mafioso, nonfans, oarfish, offcast, orfrays, outfast, payoffs, saffron, safrole, safrols, seafood, seafowl, sfumato, shadoof, shofars.