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fauteuil.

An armchair.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fəʊˈtɜː.i/UK/ˈfoʊ.tɪl/US
  1. An armchair.

  2. The chair of a presiding officer.

  3. Membership in the Académie française.

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Where this word comes 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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