Fauteuil
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See also: fauteuil
German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French fauteuil, eventually from Proto-West Germanic *faldistōl. Doublet of Faldistorium and Faltstuhl.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /foˈtœʏ̯/, /foˈtɔʏ̯/
- IPA(key): /foˈtœl/, /foˈtœlç/ (archaic, approaching the older French pronunciation with /ʎ/)
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Noun
[edit]Fauteuil m or n (strong, genitive Fauteuils, plural Fauteuils)
- (archaic outside Switzerland and Austria) armchair
- Synonyms: Sessel, Armsessel, Lehnsessel
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 299:
- Um Hans Castorp kümmerte man sich nicht. Er stand eine Weile zuschauend und ließ sich später auf einem altmodischen kleinen Fauteuil mit Troddeln an den Armlehnen zur Seite eines Tischchens mit Wasserkaraffe nieder.
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- c. 1914, Franz Kafka, chapter 6, in Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
- Gleich nach der Begrüßung – sich in das Fauteuil zu setzen, wozu ihm K. einlud, hatte er keine Zeit – bat er K. um ein kurzes Gespräch unter vier Augen.
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Declension
[edit]Declension of Fauteuil [masculine // neuter, strong]
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