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Definition: Fauteuil |
FauteuilNoun1. An upholstered armchair. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fauteuil" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Etymology: Fauteuil \Fau`teuil"\, noun. [French expression See Faldistory.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fauteuil |
| Etymologies containing "fauteuil": Faldistory. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fauteuil" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (armchair), French (armchair, arm-chair, chair, seat), German (armchair). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Le Fauteuil hanté (1970) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Fauteuil à spéculum (genre anglais), overt.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fauteuil roulant | 24 |
fauteuil | 21 |
fauteuil greorgetti | 8 |
canapé fauteuil | 5 |
fauteuil voltaire | 3 |
club fauteuil | 3 |
design fauteuil | 2 |
fauteuil relax | 2 |
bureau de fauteuil | 2 |
electrique fauteuil roulant | 2 |
fauteuil george jacob square | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "fauteuil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Lehnsessel. (various references) | ||||
Italian | poltrona (armchair, arm-chair, easy chair, heater). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | auteuilfay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fauteuil": fauteuils. (additional references) | |
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"Fauteuil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bauteil, Santeuil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-l-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: fetial, futile. | |
-3 letters: fault, fetal, filet, flite, flute, lutea, telia, utile. | |
-4 letters: alef, alif, alit, etui, fail, fate, feal, feat, felt, feta, fiat, fila, file, flat, flea, flit, flue, fuel, ilea, late, lati, leaf, left, lief, lieu, life, lift, lite, litu, luau, lute, tael, tail, tale, tali, teal, tela, tile, tufa, tule. | |
-5 letters: aft. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-l-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: beautiful, fauteuils. | |
+3 letters: beautifuler, beautifully, unbeautiful. | |
+4 letters: beautifulest, salutiferous. | |
+5 letters: beautifulness, unbeautifully, unjustifiable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 75 74 65 75 69 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- ..- - . ..- .. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110101 01101001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a u t e u i l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0075 0074 0065 0075 0069 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4067878671877578 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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