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.
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» He is lying on the sofa.
Er liegt auf dem Sofa. — MUIRIEL
Он лежит на диване. — sharptoothed
Він лежить на дивані. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — deniko
ruОн лежит на диване. — sharptoothed
deEr liegt auf dem Sofa. — MUIRIEL
Tom sat down on the sofa.
Том сів на диван. — deniko
ruТом сел на диван. — marafon
deTom setzte sich auf das Sofa. — Manfredo
I sometimes sleep on the sofa.
Я іноді сплю на дивані. — deniko
ruИногда я сплю на диване. — marafon
deIch schlafe manchmal auf dem Sofa. — Naina
The dog is behind the sofa.
Собака за диваном. — deniko
We would like to buy a sofa.
Ми хотіли б купити диван. — Ahha
ruМы хотели бы купить диван. — al_ex_an_der
deWir würden gerne ein Sofa kaufen. — MUIRIEL
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
18 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.