Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Texas, UK)A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.

    Sitzbank, Sofa, Couch

    дива́нdiván, софа́sofá, куше́ткаkušétka

    a long wooden bench with a back

  2. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. The pencil rolled under the settee.

    Олівець закотився під диван.

    ruКарандаш закатился под диван.

    deDer Bleistift ist unter das Sofa gerollt.

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  2. Tom found his keys under the settee.

    Том знайшов свої ключі під диваном.

    deTom fand seinen Schlüssel unter dem Sofa.

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  3. The pencil has rolled under the settee.

    Олівець закотився під диван.

    ruКарандаш закатился под диван.

    deDer Bleistift ist unter das Sofa gerollt.

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  4. Have a kip on the settee.

    deMach ein Nickerchen auf dem Sofa.

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  5. I sometimes sleep on the settee.

    deManchmal schlafe ich auf dem Sofa.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
long seat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
long seat:

Origin

Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) + -ee (diminutive suffix). From French

Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) + -ee (diminutive suffix).

From French scétie, scitie.

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Forms

plural: settees
Singularsettee
Pluralsettees

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a long wooden bench with a back:settle

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
settee — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto