sofa
French
noun
Definitions
- couch; sofa
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صُفَّة (a long seat made of stone brick, long seat made of stone brick, sofa) derived from Aramaic צפא (mat).
Origin
Aramaic
צפא
Gloss
mat
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canapé English
- sofa English
- sofa-bed English
- sofaless English
- conopeum Latin
- cōnōpēum Latin
- Kanapee German
- Sofa German
- Sofatisch German
- canapè Italian
- sofà Italian
- canapé Dutch, Flemish
- sofa Dutch, Flemish
- canapé French
- канапе Russian
- софа Russian
- soffa Swedish
- ソファ Japanese
- kanapa Polish
- sofa Polish
- sofka Polish
- kanapé Danish
- صُفَّة Arabic
- صُفَّة Arabic
- kanapo Esperanto
- canapè Catalan, Valencian
- sofà Catalan, Valencian
- सोफ़ा Hindi
- โซฟา Thai
- kanapeo Ido
- sofa Turkish
- sofa Norman
- ဆိုဖာ Burmese
- ספה Hebrew (modern)
- চোফা Assamese
- ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ Chinese
- 梳化 Chinese
- 沙發 Chinese
- Kanepe Alemannic German
- 소파 Korean
- صوفہ Urdu
- isofa Xhosa
- צפא Aramaic
- kanap Vilamovian
- kanapē Vilamovian
- قنفة Gulf Arabic
- كنبة Egyptian Arabic