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fauteuil

/ˈfoʊ.tɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
fau-teuil
IPA
/ˈfoʊ.tɪl/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An armchair.

noun

The chair of a presiding officer.

noun

Membership in the Académie française.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French fauteuil, from Germanic. Cognate with Old English fealdestōl (“folding-chair”). Doublet of faldistory, faldstool, and foldstool.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈfoʊ.tɪl/
  • British English: /fəʊˈtɜː.i/

Inflected Forms

fauteuils (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce fauteuil?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfoʊ.tɪl/.
What does fauteuil mean?
An armchair.
Where does fauteuil come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French fauteuil, from Germanic. Cognate with Old English fealdestōl (“folding-chair”). Doublet of faldistory, faldstool, and foldstool.

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