scaun

Moldavian

noun
Definitions
  • chair, seat
  • stool
  • (figurative) throne, seat of power, by extension capital
  • (figurative) residence
  • butcher's block
  • (figurative) stool, as in the sense of fecal matter eliminated

Etymology

Inherited from Latin scamnum (bench, breadth of a field, ridge).

Origin

Latin

scamnum

Gloss

bench, breadth of a field, ridge

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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