Meanings
settee1
plural settees
- TexasUKA long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
“You might have to calm this down, my darling. I'm not sure this settee can take it.” “This settee has taken centuries of our love.”
2022 July 12, Stefani Robinson & Paul Simms, “Reunited” (9:01 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 11 more example
The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur
settee2
plural settees · alternative setee
- A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.
Settee3
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
settee · noun
Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) + -ee (diminutive suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Settee · proper noun
- CreeSettee
- EnglishSettee
From Cree Settee.
More words from Cree
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian канапе
- канапе (kanape)long seat
Catalan sofà
- sofàlong seat
German Sitzbank, Sofa
- Sitzbanklong seat
- Sofalong seat
- Couchlong seat
Italian canapè
- canapèlong seat
Māori hōpa, (nohoanga) hāneanea
- hōpalong seat
- (nohoanga) hāneanealong seat
Polish sofa
- sofalong seat
Russian дива́н, софа́
- дива́н (diván)long seat
- софа́ (sofá)long seat
- куше́тка (kušétka)long seat
- тахта́ (taxtá)long seat
Spanish sofá
- sofálong seat
Welsh setî, soffa
- setîlong seat
- soffalong seat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with settee
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Cite this entry
settee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settee
“settee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “settee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settee.
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