Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

poltrona f (plural poltrones)

  1. armchair, easy chair
    Synonyms: butaca, cadiral

Further reading edit

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From poltrono +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [polˈtrona]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: pol‧tro‧na

Adjective edit

poltrona (accusative singular poltronan, plural poltronaj, accusative plural poltronajn)

  1. (literary, rare) cowardly
    • 1965, Kálmán Kalocsay, transl., La tragedio de l'homo, Imre Madách:
      Mi ne kondamnas tiun ĉi poltronan
      popolon, ĝi ne estas kulpa, ĝia
      naturo estas, ke ĝin la mizero
      brulstampu sklavo.
      I don't condemn this cowardly
      people, they are not to blame, their
      nature is to be branded
      a slave by misery.
    • 1999, William Auld, interviewed by Aleksander Korĵenkov in La Ondo de Esperanto:
      Cetere, pseŭdonimeco en certaj cirkonstancoj estas tolerebla (ekzemple ĉe Zamenhof) — sed kiam aŭtoro kaŝas sin pseŭdonime por sin savi de pravaj riproĉoj kaj eventualaj reagoj, tio estas anonimeco kovarda kaj poltrona.
      Additionally, pseudonymity in certain circumstances is tolerable (for example in Zamenhof's case) — but when an author hides behind a pseudonym to save themselves from just reproaches and potential reactions, that sort of anonymity is low and cowardly.
    • 2010, Baldur Ragnarsson, “La grimpo”, in La fontoj nevideblaj:
      "Jes, tie la vojo," diris la gvidisto[...]
      "por ĝin laŭiri nepras la persisto
      kaj ne hazardaj paŝoj de poltrona drivo."
      "Yes, there's the road," said the guide[...]
      "to follow it requires persistence
      and not random steps of a cowardly drift.

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Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English poltroonFrench poltron.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

poltrona

  1. cowardly, dastardly, chicken-hearted

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Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /polˈtro.na/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: pol‧tró‧na

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

poltrona f sg

  1. feminine singular of poltrone

Noun edit

poltrona f (plural poltrone)

  1. female equivalent of poltrone (lazy woman)
    Synonyms: pigra, indolente, oziosa

Etymology 2 edit

From poltro (bed).[1]

Noun edit

poltrona f (plural poltrone)

  1. (furniture) armchair, easy chair
  2. (theater) seat (especially in the first rows)
  3. (figurative) prestigious position
Descendants edit
  • Greek: πολυθρόνα (polythróna)
  • Portuguese: poltrona
  • Spanish: poltrona
See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ poltrona in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese edit

 
poltrona

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /polˈtɾo.nɐ/ [poɫˈtɾo.nɐ], /pɔlˈtɾo.nɐ/ [pɔɫˈtɾo.nɐ], /pulˈtɾo.nɐ/ [puɫˈtɾo.nɐ]

  • Hyphenation: pol‧tro‧na

Noun edit

poltrona f (plural poltronas)

  1. armchair
    Synonym: cadeirão

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /polˈtɾona/ [pol̪ˈt̪ɾo.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: pol‧tro‧na

Noun edit

poltrona f (plural poltronas)

  1. armchair
    Synonyms: sillón, butaca

Adjective edit

poltrona

  1. feminine singular of poltrón

Further reading edit