Etymology

chaise lounge

Today it means: Synonym of chaise longue. Full definition →

French chaise longue
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  1. French · derived fromlong
  2. French · derived fromchaise longue
  3. English todaychaise lounge

American alteration of French chaise longue (literally “long chair”), due to a conflation with English lounge (the term, of uncertain etymology, is possibly a distant cognate of French long); attested from 19th century.

Words from the same roots

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chaise longue

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