sofa
An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to…An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
» He is lying on the sofa.
Er liegt auf dem Sofa.
Он лежит на диване.
Він лежить на дивані.
Meaning
3 sensesAn upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
He bought a big sofa two days before his relatives arrived.
Sofa, Couch
софа́sofá, дива́нdiván, куше́ткаkušétka
софа́sofá, дива́нdyván, кана́паkanápa
an upholstered seat for more than one person
(historical)A slave soldier who served in the army of the Mali Empire.
(East, Middle, archaic)A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
Examples
423 sentencesHe is lying on the sofa.
Він лежить на дивані.
ruОн лежит на диване.
deEr liegt auf dem Sofa.
Tom sat down on the sofa.
Том сів на диван.
ruТом сел на диван.
deTom setzte sich auf das Sofa.
I sometimes sleep on the sofa.
Я іноді сплю на дивані.
ruИногда я сплю на диване.
deIch schlafe manchmal auf dem Sofa.
The dog is behind the sofa.
Собака за диваном.
We would like to buy a sofa.
Ми хотіли б купити диван.
ruМы хотели бы купить диван.
deWir würden gerne ein Sofa kaufen.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stonBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: sofasSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Home and furniture — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
6 patterns- on the sofa
- move the sofa
- under the sofa
- behind the sofa
- the sofa in
- new sofa