Meanings
nounfolding screen (plural folding screens)
plural folding screens
- A piece of furniture consisting of two or more frames connected by hinges.
Synonyms: Chinese screen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of furniture consisting of two or more frames connected by hinges.
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Translations
Arabic سَاتِر
- سَاتِر (sātir)furniture
Catalan paravent
- paraventfurniture
Chinese Mandarin 屏風 /屏风
- 屏風 /屏风 (píngfēng)furniture
Czech paraván
- paravánfurniture
Dutch kamerscherm
- kamerschermfurniture
Finnish sermi, taitettava seinäke
- sermifurniture
- taitettava seinäkefurniture
French paravent
- paraventfurniture
German spanische Wand, Wandschirm
- spanische Wandfurniture
- Wandschirmfurniture
- Faltschirmfurniture
- Paraventfurniture
- Sichtschutzwandfurniture
- Stellwandfurniture
Greek παραβάν
- παραβάν (paraván)furniture
Hungarian spanyolfal
- spanyolfalfurniture
Italian paravento
- paraventofurniture
Japanese 屏風
- 屏風 (byōbu)furniture
Korean 병풍
- 병풍 (byeongpung)furniture
Polish parawan
- parawanfurniture
Portuguese biombo, para-vento
- biombofurniture
- para-ventofurniture
Romanian paravan
- paravanfurniture
Russian ши́рма
- ши́рма (šírma)furniture
Spanish biombo
- biombofurniture
Turkish paravan, paravana
- paravanfurniture
- paravanafurniture
Ukrainian ши́рма
- ши́рма (šýrma)furniture
Vietnamese bình phong
- bình phongfurniture
Welsh sgrîn blygu
- sgrîn blygufurniture
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APA
folding screen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folding%20screen
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“folding screen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folding%20screen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “folding screen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folding%20screen.
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