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sofa - 5 dictionary results

so⋅fa

[soh-fuh]
–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
so·fa   (sō'fə)   
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.]

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.
Language Translation for : sofa
Spanish: sofá,
German: das Sofa,
Japanese: ソファー

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.

sofa

an upholstered seat with back and arms (sometimes upholstered), designed to accommodate two or more people in a sitting or reclining position. The earliest surviving types, dating back to the 17th century in Europe, have sides that let down for conversion into a bed. Variations of backrests and armrests appeared, and the precedent, still followed in the 21st century, was established of making the settee part of a matched set of chairs.

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