highchair

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noun

An elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers.

Similar
baby seatfeeding chair
OriginEnglish chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere →
UncommonScrabble 21
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Meanings

nounhighchair (plural highchairs)

plural highchairs · alternative high chair

  1. An elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers.

    Synonyms: baby seat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers.

Similar
baby seat

More synonyms by meaning

nouna chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray

Similar
feeding chair
Broader
chair
Also see
baby seatfeeding chair

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kówkos
  3. Proto-Germanic*hauhaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hauh
  5. Old Englishhēah
  6. Middle Englishheigh
  7. Englishhigh
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  11. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  12. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  15. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  16. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  17. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  18. Latincathedra
  19. Old Frenchchaiere
  20. Middle Englishchayere
  21. Englishchair
  22. Englishhighchair

From high + chair.

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Translations

Arabic كُرْسِيّ اَلْأَطْفَال مُرْتَفَع
  • كُرْسِيّ اَلْأَطْفَال مُرْتَفَع (kursiyy al-ʔaṭfāl murtafaʕ)elevated chair used for feeding babies
Catalan trona
  • tronaelevated chair used for feeding babies
Chinese Mandarin (嬰幼兒)高腳椅 /(婴幼儿)高脚椅, (嬰兒)高椅 /(婴儿)高椅
  • (嬰幼兒)高腳椅 /(婴幼儿)高脚椅elevated chair used for feeding babies
  • (嬰兒)高椅 /(婴儿)高椅elevated chair used for feeding babies
Czech dětská židlička
  • dětská židličkaelevated chair used for feeding babies
Dutch kinderstoel
  • kinderstoelelevated chair used for feeding babies
Finnish syöttötuoli
  • syöttötuolielevated chair used for feeding babies
French chaise haute
  • chaise hauteelevated chair used for feeding babies
German Hochstuhl
  • Hochstuhlelevated chair used for feeding babies
Hungarian etetőszék
  • etetőszékelevated chair used for feeding babies
Irish ardchathaoir
  • ardchathaoirelevated chair used for feeding babies
Japanese ベビーチェア, ハイチェア
  • ベビーチェア (bebīchea)elevated chair used for feeding babies
  • ハイチェア (haichea)elevated chair used for feeding babies
Polish wysokie krzesełko dla dziecka, krzesełko do karmienia (dzieci)
  • wysokie krzesełko dla dzieckaelevated chair used for feeding babies
  • krzesełko do karmienia (dzieci)elevated chair used for feeding babies
Russian высо́кий де́тский сту́льчик, высо́кий сту́льчик
  • высо́кий де́тский сту́льчик (vysókij détskij stúlʹčik)elevated chair used for feeding babies
  • высо́кий сту́льчик (vysókij stúlʹčik)elevated chair used for feeding babies
Spanish trona, periquera
  • tronaelevated chair used for feeding babies
  • periqueraelevated chair used for feeding babies
Swedish barnstol
  • barnstolelevated chair used for feeding babies
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“highchair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highchair. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “highchair,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highchair.

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