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sofa en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɔʊ̯fə/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɵʊ̯fə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ (General-American)
• /ˈsəʊ̯fə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”). Cognate with Aramaic צפא/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.

Meanings

1. (East, Middle, archaic) A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
2. An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
   • I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur 2024, “Hot One”, in King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2, performed by Denzel Curry:
   • He bought a big sofa two days before his relatives arrived.
   • His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them. 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 228:

Forms

Deriveds

sofa constant · sofa-bed · moving sofa problem · sofa painting · sofa spud · sofalike · sofa problem · sofaless · sofa surf · sofa-bedstead · cornucopia sofa · sofaful · sofa surfer · sofa sleeper · sofa-sleeper · sofa surfing · sofa king · sofa set · sofa table

Descendants

소파 · صوفہ · ဆိုဖာ · soffa · 沙發 · 沙发 · চোফা · โซฟา · sofa · 梳化 · ソファ · sofa · sofa · zofa · सोफ़ा

Relateds

love seat

Synonyms

lounge · couch · settee · divan

Translations (189)

mk канабе (upholstered seat) · ml സോഫ (upholstered seat) · gd langasaid (upholstered seat) · yue 梳化椅 (upholstered seat) · fa-ira نیمْکَت (upholstered seat) · ko 소파 (upholstered seat) · mk софа (upholstered seat) · hi सोफ़ा (upholstered seat) · nan-hbl 膨椅 (upholstered seat) · pl kanapa (upholstered seat) · vi đi văng (upholstered seat) · ro canapea (upholstered seat) · sh ле̏жа̄ј (upholstered seat) · es sillón (upholstered seat) · is sófi (upholstered seat) · sh со̀фа (upholstered seat) · uz divan (upholstered seat) · hu kanapé (upholstered seat) · fr sofa (upholstered seat) · sl kavč (upholstered seat) · cs gauč (upholstered seat) · uz kat (upholstered seat) · vi ghế dài (upholstered seat) · mn диван (upholstered seat) · sk pohovka (upholstered seat) · la pulvīnar (upholstered seat) · alt диван (upholstered seat) · hu szófa (upholstered seat) · cs sofa (upholstered seat) · az divan (upholstered seat) · lv sofa (upholstered seat) · it sofà (upholstered seat) · ka ტახტი (upholstered seat) · mn ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠳᠠᠩ (upholstered seat) · ckb قەنەفە (upholstered seat) · bg куше́тка (upholstered seat) · hy թախտ (upholstered seat) · ug دىۋان (upholstered seat) · uk дива́н (upholstered seat) · fi sohva (upholstered seat) · crh divan (upholstered seat) · it divano (upholstered seat) · mk диван (upholstered seat) · wuh shafa (upholstered seat) · ia sofa (upholstered seat) · es sofá (upholstered seat) · tg нимкат (upholstered seat) · be кана́па (upholstered seat) · et sohva (upholstered seat) · mr सोफा (upholstered seat) · ms sofa (upholstered seat) · lo ຊໍ່ຟ້າ (upholstered seat) · vi đi-văng (upholstered seat) · mn буйдан (upholstered seat) · sk diván (upholstered seat) · la lectus (upholstered seat) · cs pohovka (upholstered seat) · lo ເກົ້າອີ້ນອນ (upholstered seat) · pl sofa (upholstered seat) · ps کوچ (upholstered seat) · uk софа́ (upholstered seat) · ru канапе́ (upholstered seat) · mn софа (upholstered seat) · ko 카우치 (upholstered seat) · sq kanape (upholstered seat) · mt sufan (upholstered seat) · hi तख़्त (upholstered seat) · hy բազմոց (upholstered seat) · lt kanapa (upholstered seat) · ru куше́тка (upholstered seat) · acw كنبة (upholstered seat) · la sponda (upholstered seat) · kmr qenepe (upholstered seat) · gd sunnag (upholstered seat) · sa तल्प (upholstered seat) · dtp sofa (upholstered seat) · khb ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ (upholstered seat) · cy glwth (upholstered seat) · yi סאָפֿע (upholstered seat) · el καναπές (upholstered seat) · ja 長椅子 (upholstered seat) · la cubīle (upholstered seat) · sh sòfa (upholstered seat) · ar أَرِيكَة (upholstered seat) · km អាសន្ទិ (upholstered seat) · myv чевтезем (upholstered seat) · alt софа (upholstered seat) · be сафа́ (upholstered seat) · sk sofa (upholstered seat) · hu dívány (upholstered seat) · my ဆိုဖာ (upholstered seat) · nl bank (upholstered seat) · ru дива́н (upholstered seat) · bn সোফা (upholstered seat) · eo kanapo (upholstered seat) · tk diwan (upholstered seat) · gd suaineachan (upholstered seat) · th โซฟา (upholstered seat) · se suffá (upholstered seat) · id dipan (upholstered seat) · lt sofa (upholstered seat) · ro sofa (upholstered seat) · sq divan (upholstered seat) · mnp 沙發 /沙发 (upholstered seat) · ar تَخْت (upholstered seat) · sh дѝва̄н (upholstered seat) · fa-ira تَخْت (upholstered seat) · da sofa (upholstered seat) · ajp صوْفا (upholstered seat) · nl sofa (upholstered seat) · arz كنبة (upholstered seat) · mn ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (upholstered seat) · ky диван (upholstered seat) · nl zetel (upholstered seat) · id sofa (upholstered seat) · cs divan (upholstered seat) · bg канапе́ (upholstered seat) · tg диван (upholstered seat) · pt sofá (upholstered seat) · fa-ira کاناپِه (upholstered seat) · tr kanepe (upholstered seat) · sh lȅžāj (upholstered seat) · ur صوفَہ (upholstered seat) · za sahfaz (upholstered seat) · tl sopa (upholstered seat) · br gourvezvank (upholstered seat) · ru софа́ (upholstered seat) · de Couch (upholstered seat) · prs کَوْچ (upholstered seat) · wuu 沙發 /沙发 (upholstered seat) · si සෝෆා (upholstered seat) · as চোফা (upholstered seat) · cy glythau (upholstered seat) · ota قاناپه (upholstered seat) · nb sofa (upholstered seat) · mk кауч (upholstered seat) · ug سافا (upholstered seat) · ja カウチ (upholstered seat) · ast sofá (upholstered seat) · nrf sofa (upholstered seat) · ca sofà (upholstered seat) · ajp كنبة (upholstered seat) · bo རྐུབ་ཀྱག་སོ་ཕྰ (upholstered seat) · ota صفه (upholstered seat) · sv soffa (upholstered seat) · mn ᠳ᠋ᠢᠸᠠᠨ (upholstered seat) · vi ghế xô-pha (upholstered seat) · vi xô-pha (upholstered seat) · eo sofo (upholstered seat) · ajp كنباية (upholstered seat) · cmn 沙發椅 /沙发椅 (upholstered seat) · gl sofá (upholstered seat) · nrf jontchéthe (upholstered seat) · ru тахта́ (upholstered seat) · vi trường kỷ (upholstered seat) · prs تَخْت (upholstered seat) · wuu 沙發椅 /沙发椅 (upholstered seat) · pdt Soofa (upholstered seat) · hi सोफा (upholstered seat) · ps تخت (upholstered seat) · fr canapé (upholstered seat) · ur تَخْت (upholstered seat) · yue 梳化 (upholstered seat) · ja ソファー (upholstered seat) · mi hōpa (upholstered seat) · syl ꠍꠥꠚꠣ (upholstered seat) · sh dìvān (upholstered seat) · cy soffa (upholstered seat) · kk диван (upholstered seat) · uz sofa (upholstered seat) · cmn 沙發 /沙发 (upholstered seat) · tg кат (upholstered seat) · ar كَنَبَة (upholstered seat) · ja ソファ (upholstered seat) · vi ghế sofa (upholstered seat) · uk кана́па (upholstered seat) · lv dīvāns (upholstered seat) · sl zofa (upholstered seat) · he סַפָּה (upholstered seat) · pdt Kwotsch (upholstered seat) · bg дива́н (upholstered seat) · ar دِيوَان (upholstered seat) · acm قنفة (upholstered seat) · nn sofa (upholstered seat) · ko 쇼파 (upholstered seat) · tt диван (upholstered seat) · lo ເກົ້າອີ້ຍາວ (upholstered seat) · dng диван (upholstered seat) · de Sofa (upholstered seat)

wikipedia: sofa

sofa en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɔʊ̯fə/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɵʊ̯fə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ (General-American)
• /ˈsəʊ̯fə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”). Cognate with Aramaic צפא/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.

Meanings

1. To furnish with one or more sofas.
   • I and another therefore entirely occupied our stateroom, which was sofaed round, being just large enough for two to lie down and a third to sit with his feet up and his head on his knees. 1893, Henry Swinglehurst, Silver Mines and Incidents of Travel, page 97:
   • First, it will surprize you to learn that instead of the venerable simplicity which reigns in St. Stephen's chapel, the H. of Representatives, besides being stoved, carpeted, desked, and sofaed in the most luxurious style, rivals and indeed surpasses the Legislature of Paris in decoration and drapery. 1890, Stanley Lane-Poole, The Life of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe - Volume 1, page 100:
   • The appearance of a student's apartment, though by no means splendid, is decidedly comfortable ; it is well cushioned and sofaed, with a proper proportion of arm chairs, and a general air of respectability — much better on the whole than our student's rooms ever are. 1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five years in an English university, page 14:
   • It was a lavish, fully draped, fully sofaed, fully radiator-covered nineteenth-century deluxe German hotel suite. 1981, David A. Kaufelt, The Wine and the Music, page 331:
2. To seat or lay down on a sofa.
   • Cliques of three or more are formed, each member of which goes in search of victims, and the first female found complaining of pain in the lower part of her back, is immediately run down, corralled, cornered, so to speak, and sans ceremonie she is at once tabled, sofaed or beded, or in the absence of these relics of refinement she is floored or she may have to submit standing (especially if the doctor is in a hury and meets her at the gate or corner drug store) with an unerring plunge, of a not overly clean index finger, the darksome cavern is penetrated and perhaps, not, a cervix is touched and reveals, of course, a lacerated cervix, just as had been predicted. 1895, Denver Medical Times - Volume 5, page 191:
   • A few, feeble words—my first—to tell you I have left my room this morning and am shaven and shorn and dressed and sofaed in my writing room, after a terrible ten days or more. 1880 October 22, Benjamin Disraeli, chapter XVI, in George Earle Buckle, editor, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, volume VI: 1876–1881, published 1929, Hughenden Manor; To Lady Bradford, page 592:
   • Many a time back in my boozing days when I was sofaed too. 2006, Kim Akass, Janet McCabe, Reading 'Desperate Housewives': Beyond the White Picket Fence:

Forms

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sofa en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Meanings

1. (historical) A slave soldier who served in the army of the Mali Empire.
   • 1884 Sofas conquer northern Sierra Leone. The sofas were soldiers of Mandinka empire builder, Samori Turay. Falaba, capital of Solima Yalunka kingdom, destroyed in the process. 2006, Magbaily C. Fyle, Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone, page xx:

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