lounge
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lounge
- /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/ US, UK
- /ˈlæʊ̯nd͡ʒ/
- /ˈlaːnd͡ʒ/
- /lɔɲdʒ/ South Asia
- /lawɲdʒ/ South Asia
- /laʊnd͡ʒ/ Hong Kong
- /lɔnd͡ʒ/ Hong Kong, proscribed
Rhymes with -aʊndʒ
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
verb lounges · lounging · lounged
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To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.
Similar: loll
- To walk or go in a leisurely manner. When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.
noun lounges
- A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease. He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.
- A couch.
- The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining. That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.
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A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room
Similar: loungeroom, lounge room, den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
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An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub
Similar: bar, pub, divan, alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lollygag, hang around, loiter, lurk, mess about, footle, tarry, mill about, mill around, linger, lallygag, couch, waiting room, sofa, loaf, waiting area
Translations
Every language
verb to relax
| Español | relajarse |
|---|---|
| Français | se prélasser |
| Deutsch | lungern, ausgestreckt sitzen oder liegen, (sich) fläzen ugs., es sich bequem machen |
| Italiano | ciondolare, bighellare, bighellonare, oziare, poltrire |
| Русский | безде́льничать bezdélʹničatʹ, отдыха́ть otdyxátʹ |
noun place where one can lounge
| Deutsch | Foyer, Gesellschaftsraum, Aufenthaltsraum |
|---|
noun living room
| Español | sala de estar, estancia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 居間 ima, リビングルーム ribingu rūmu |
| 中文 | 休息室 xiūxishì, 客廳 /客厅 kètīng |
| Português | sala de estar |
| Français | salon |
| Deutsch | Wohnzimmer, Stube |
| Italiano | salotto |
| Ελληνικά | καθιστικό kathistikó |
| Русский | гости́ная gostínaja, сало́н salón |
| עברית | טְרַקְלִין traklín |
noun large comfortable seat
| Español | reposera |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sitzecke, Klubsessel, Liegesofa |
| Italiano | poltrona |
noun waiting room
| Español | sala de estar, salón, paraninfo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 라운지 raunji, 대기실 daegisil, 휴게실 hyugesil |
| 日本語 | ラウンジ raunji, 待合室 machiaishitsu, 休憩室 kyūkeishitsu |
| 中文 | 候車室 /候车室 hòuchēshì, 休息室 xiūxishì |
| Português | sala de espera |
| Français | salle d'attente |
| Deutsch | Lounge, Wartezimmer, Warteraum, Transitraum |
| Italiano | sala d'attesa, sala d'aspetto |
| Ελληνικά | αίθουσα αναμονής aíthousa anamonís |
| Русский | зал ожида́ния zal ožidánija, приёмная prijómnaja, холл xoll |
| العربية | صَالَة ṣāla, قَاعَة qāʕa |
| עברית | טְרַקְלִין traklín |
noun establishment
| 한국어 | 사교실 sagyosil, 휴게실 hyugesil, 라운지 raunji |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ラウンジ raunji, 休憩室 kyūkeishitsu |
| 中文 | 休息室 xiūxishì |
| Deutsch | Salonzimmer, Salon (Hotel, Gaststätte) |
| Italiano | piano-bar, veranda |
| Русский | ко́мната о́тдыха kómnata ótdyxa, бар bar, сало́н salón |
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