sofa

Etymology

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة‎ (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא‎ (ṣipā’, “mat”). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sō'fə, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊfə/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sō'fə, IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊfə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊfə

Noun

sofa (plural sofas)

1. (Middle East architecture, archaic) A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
2. (furniture) A upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised end(s), long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.

References

• "sofa, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• OFAs, as of, oafs

Noun

sofa c (singular definite sofaen, plural indefinite sofaer)

1. sofa, couch, divan, settee

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة‎ (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא‎ (ṣipā’, “mat”). The word may have entered French via Turkish sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.fa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: sofas

Noun

sofa m (plural sofas)

1. couch; sofa

Further reading

• “sofa” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːva/
• Rhymes: -ɔːva

Verb

sofa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative svaf, third-person plural past indicative sváfum, supine sofið)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Ekki vekja hana, hún er sofandi.

   Don't wake her up, she's sleeping.

Noun

sofa (plural sofas)

1. (item of furniture) sofa

Romanization

sofa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ソファ

Etymology

Borrowed from English sofa.

Noun

sofa m (plural sofas)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) sofa

Noun

sofa m (definite singular sofaen, indefinite plural sofaer, definite plural sofaene)

1. sofa, couch

References

• “sofa” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

sofa m (definite singular sofaen, indefinite plural sofaer or sofaar, definite plural sofaene or sofaane)

1. a sofa or couch

References

• “sofa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

sòfa f (Cyrillic spelling со̀фа)

1. (Serbia) sofa

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian софа́ (sofá).

Noun

sofa

1. sofa

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “тахта”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika