sunlounger

sun·loung·er
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noun

An extended deck chair used for sunbathing or relaxing, typically by the sea or a pool.

Similar
pool chair
OriginEnglish lounger ← Middle English sonne ← Old English sunne →
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Meanings

nounsunlounger (plural sunloungers)

plural sunloungers · alternative sun lounger

  1. An extended deck chair used for sunbathing or relaxing, typically by the sea or a pool.

    An 82-year-old man has died after getting into a fight with a man in his 70s over a sunlounger on a beach in Greece, local media is reporting.

    2026 September 20, Hafsa Khalifa, “Man, 82, dies after beach fight with 76-year-old over sunlounger in Greece”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2026, retrieved 21 Sep 2026

    Synonyms: pool chair

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn extended deck chair used for sunbathing or relaxing, typically by the sea or a pool.

Similar
pool chair
Also see
sunbedsunchair

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*sunnô
  3. Proto-Germanic*sunnǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sunnā
  5. Old Englishsunne
  6. Middle Englishsonne
  7. Englishsun
  8. Englishlounge
  9. Englishlounger
  10. Englishsunlounger

From sun + lounger.

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Translations

Dutch ligbed
  • ligbedextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Finnish aurinkotuoli
  • aurinkotuoliextended deck chair used for sunbathing
French chaise longue
  • chaise longueextended deck chair used for sunbathing
German Liegestuhl, Sonnenliege
  • Liegestuhlextended deck chair used for sunbathing
  • Sonnenliegeextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Hebrew כורסת שיזוף
  • כורסת שיזוף (kursát shizúf)extended deck chair used for sunbathing
Hungarian napozóágy, nyugágy
  • napozóágyextended deck chair used for sunbathing
  • nyugágyextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Italian sdraio
  • sdraioextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Japanese サマーベッド
  • サマーベッド (samābeddo)extended deck chair used for sunbathing
Polish leżak
  • leżakextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Russian шезло́нг
  • шезло́нг (šezlóng)extended deck chair used for sunbathing
Slovak ležadlo
  • ležadloextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Spanish tumbona, reposera
  • tumbonaextended deck chair used for sunbathing
  • reposeraextended deck chair used for sunbathing
  • perezosoextended deck chair used for sunbathing
  • perezosaextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Swedish solstol
  • solstolextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Turkish şezlong
  • şezlongextended deck chair used for sunbathing
Ukrainian шезло́нг
  • шезло́нг (šezlónh)extended deck chair used for sunbathing
Cite this entry
APA

sunlounger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlounger

MLA

“sunlounger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlounger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunlounger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlounger.

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