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chaise longue - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

chaise longue (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)

  • (chiefly UK) A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.
    • ✤ Synonyms: (American) chaise lounge, lit de repos
    • ✤ Hey, you, over there/On the chaise longue, in your underwear/What are you doing sitting down?/You should be horizontal now1

Etymology

Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/
  • (US) IPA: /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɔŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ, -ɒŋ

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Footnotes

  1. 2021, “Chaise Longue”, performed by Wet Leg: ↩

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