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–noun

a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.

[Origin: 1615–25; < Turk < Ar ṣuffah platform used as a seat

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n. A long upholstered seat typically with a back and arms.

[Turkish, from Arabic ṣuffa, carpet, divan, from Aramaic ṣippā, absolute form of ṣippətā, mat; see ṣpp in Semitic roots.]

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sofa

1625, "raised section of a floor, covered with carpets and cushions," from Turk. sofa, from Ar. suffah "bench." Meaning "long stuffed seat for reclining" is recorded from 1717.

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sofa
noun
an upholstered seat for more than one person

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sofa [ˈsəufə] noun

a kind of long seat, stuffed and with a back and arms
Example: We were sitting on the sofa.

Arabic:	أريكَه
Chinese (Simplified):	沙发
Chinese (Traditional):	沙發
Czech:	pohovka
Danish:	sofa
Dutch:	sofa
Estonian:	diivan, sohva
Finnish:	sohva
French:	sofa
German:	das Sofa
Greek:	καναπές
Hungarian:	kanapé
Icelandic:	sófi
Indonesian:	sofa
Italian:	sofà, divano

Japanese:	ソファー
Korean:	소파
Latvian:	sofa; dīvāns
Lithuanian:	sofa
Norwegian:	sofa
Polish:	kanapa
Portuguese (Brazil):	sofá
Portuguese (Portugal):	sofá
Romanian:	canapea, sofa
Russian:	диван
Slovak:	pohovka
Slovenian:	zofa
Spanish:	sofá
Swedish:	soffa
Turkish:	kanape, sedir

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Sofa

So"fa\, n.; pl. Sofas. [Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It. sof[`a].] A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. --Cowper.

Sofa bed, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed; -- called also sofa bedstead.

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