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nounA chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked (swung) back and forth.
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Basque kulunkaulki
- kulunkaulkichair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Catalan balancí
- balancíchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Chinese 摇椅
- 摇椅 (yáoyǐ)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Chinese Cantonese 搖椅 /摇椅
- 搖椅 /摇椅 (jiu⁴ ji²)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Chinese Mandarin 搖椅 /摇椅
- 搖椅 /摇椅 (yáoyǐ)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Czech houpací křeslo
- houpací křeslochair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Danish gyngestol
- gyngestolchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Dutch schommelstoel
- schommelstoelchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Esperanto lulseĝo, balancoseĝo
- lulseĝochair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- balancoseĝochair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Estonian kiiktool
- kiiktoolchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Finnish keinutuoli, kiikkutuoli
- keinutuolichair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- kiikkutuolichair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
French chaise à bascule, fauteuil à bascule
- chaise à basculechair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- fauteuil à basculechair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- berçantechair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- rocking chairchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
German Schaukelstuhl
- Schaukelstuhlchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Greek κουνιστή καρέκλα
- κουνιστή καρέκλα (kounistí karékla)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Hebrew כיסא נדנדה
- כיסא נדנדה (kisé nadnéda)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Hindi झूलकुर्सी
- झूलकुर्सी (jhūlkursī)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Hungarian hintaszék
- hintaszékchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Icelandic ruggustóll
- ruggustóllchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Indonesian kursi goyang
- kursi goyangchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Irish cathaoir luasctha, cathaoir luascáin
- cathaoir luascthachair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- cathaoir luascáinchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Italian sedia a dondolo
- sedia a dondolochair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Japanese ロッキングチェア, 揺り椅子
- ロッキングチェア (rokkingu chea)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- 揺り椅子 (yuriisu)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Korean 흔들의자
- 흔들의자 (heundeuruija)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Norwegian Bokmål gyngestol
- gyngestolchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Polish fotel bujany, fatersztul
- fotel bujanychair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- fatersztulchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Portuguese cadeira de balanço
- cadeira de balançochair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Romanian balansoar
- balansoarchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Russian кре́сло-кача́лка
- кре́сло-кача́лка (kréslo-kačálka)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Scottish Gaelic cathair shiùdanach
- cathair shiùdanachchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Spanish mecedora, sillón de hamaca
- mecedorachair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- sillón de hamacachair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- balancínchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- comadritachair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Swedish gungstol
- gungstolchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Tagalog tumba-tumba
- tumba-tumbachair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Thai เก้าอี้โยก
- เก้าอี้โยกchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Turkish sallanan sandalye
- sallanan sandalyechair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Ukrainian крі́сло-го́йдалка
- крі́сло-го́йдалка (kríslo-hójdalka)chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Vietnamese ghế rocking
- ghế rockingchair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Welsh cadair siglo, cadeiriau siglo
- cadair siglochair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
- cadeiriau siglochair with a curved base which can be gently rocked
Cite this entry
APA
rocking chair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocking%20chair
MLA
“rocking chair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocking%20chair. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rocking chair,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocking%20chair.
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