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chair¹
- /t͡ʃɛə/ UK
- /t͡ʃɛː/ British, Southern, Standard
- /t͡ʃeɾ/ Scotland, UK
- /t͡ʃøː/ UK, Wales
- /t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)/ UK
- /t͡ʃɛɚ/ US
- [t͡ʃeːɹ] Canada
- [t͡ʃɛːɹ] Canada
- /t͡ʃeː/ Australia
- /t͡ʃeə/ New Zealand
- /t͡ʃiə/
- /t͡ʃɪə(ɹ)/ dialectal, obsolete
Sounds like chare (pane–pain merger), cheer (cheer–chair merger)
Where it comes from
From Middle English chayere, chayer, chayre, from Old French chaiere, chaere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Partially displaced native stool and settle, which now have more specialised senses. Doublet of cathedra and chaise.
noun chairs · chur
- An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
- Clipping of chairperson Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
- The post or position of chairperson. The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
- The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
- A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers. The wooden or steel keys used to secure bull-head rails in their chairs are usually driven in the direction of the traffic, so that the effects of rail-creep may be made use of to wedge the keys more firmly, rather than to encourage them to drop out.
- One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
- Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”). The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.
- A distinguished professorship at a university. In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg […]
- A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. Enter Mortimer, brought in a Chayre, and Iaylors.
- The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
- An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop. Melinda has the best chair in the salon.
verb chairs · chairing · chaired · chur
- To act as chairperson at; to preside over. Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
- To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory. The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the marketplace.
- To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod. The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.
Chair²
proper noun
- Chairperson. Please address all questions through the Chair.
Chair³
Where it comes from
Blend of Chuck + Blair.
proper noun
- The ship of characters Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series. His skill renders Becker's portrayal of Prince Grimaldi, a lover and future husband, futile in the wake of Chair (Chuck and Blair).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: electric chair, hot seat, chairwoman, chairman, preside, professorship, chairperson, president, moderate, lead, death chair, bench, armchair, stool, couch, sofa
Translations
Every language
noun furniture
| Español | silla, asiento, butaca, cadera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 의자 uija |
| 日本語 | 椅子 isu, ソファ sofa |
| 中文 | 椅子 yǐzi, 凳子 dèngzi |
| हिन्दी | आसंद āsand, कुरसी kursī |
| Kiswahili | kiti |
| Português | cadeira |
| Français | chaise, fauteuil |
| Deutsch | Sessel, Stuhl |
| Italiano | sedia, seggiola |
| Ελληνικά | καρέκλα karékla |
| Română | scaun |
| Русский | стул stul |
| Tiếng Việt | ghế |
| العربية | كُرْسِيّ kursiyy, مَقْعَد maqʕad |
| עברית | כיסא \ כִּסֵּא kisé |
noun distinguished professorship
| Español | eminencia |
|---|---|
| Português | cátedra |
| Français | chaire |
| Deutsch | Lehrstuhl |
| العربية | كُرْسِيّ مُعَلِّم kursiyy muʕallim |
verb to act as chairperson
| Español | presidir, dirigir |
|---|---|
| Português | comandar, dirigir |
| Français | présider |
| Deutsch | Vorsitz m führen |
| Italiano | presiedere |
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title = {chair},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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