window seat

See also: window-seat

English

Alternative forms

• window-seat

Etymology

From window +‎ seat.

Noun

window seat (plural window seats)

1. A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess.
2. A seat beside a window in public transport, as in a bus, train or passenger aircraft.

   Synonym: window

   Coordinate terms: aisle seat, aisle

   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 29:

     Or take an eastbound Met from King's Cross outside the rush hour, when you ought to be able to find a window seat. Again, look up, to see the beautiful brick valley made by the Metropolitan: the towering arcaded walls with brick struts going over.

Translations

seat in a recess with a window

• Finnish: ikkunapenkki
• French: coussiège (fr) m
• Norwegian: vindussete

seat beside a window

• Finnish: ikkunapaikka (fi)
• French: siège côté fenêtre m
• Japanese: 窓側席 (まどがわせき, madogawa-seki), 窓側座席 (まどがわざせき, madogawa-zaseki), 窓側の席 (まどがわのせき, madogawa no seki)
• Polish: miejsce przy oknie n