cadira
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin cathégra (compare Occitan cadièra, Portuguese cadeira, Lombard cadrega), from Latin cathedra (compare French chaire, whence also English chair), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of the borrowing càtedra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cadira f (plural cadires)
- chair
- Ser per llogar-hi cadires ― to be something so curious, incredible, or unheard to behold (an idiom, literally to be something to rent seats for)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cadira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cadira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.