lounge

See also: Lounge

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain, possibly from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊndʒ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -aʊndʒ

Noun

lounge (plural lounges)

1. A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
2. (Britain) A domestic living room.
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur,^[1] chapter 18:

     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.

3. An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
4. A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
5. The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
   • 1849, The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)

     That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.

Synonyms

• (living room): loungeroom (Australia), sitting room (Britain), parlour
• (pub): See also Thesaurus:pub

Descendants

• German: Lounge
• Japanese: ラウンジ (raunji)
• Korean: 라운지 (raunji)
• Swedish: lounge

Translations

waiting room

• Bulgarian: приемна (bg) f (priemna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 候車室 (zh), 候车室 (zh) (hòuchēshì), 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì)

• Finnish: odotushuone (fi)
• French: salle d'attente (fr) f
• Georgian: მოსაცდელი (mosacdeli), მისაღები (misaɣebi), ჰოლი (ka) (holi), ვესტიბიული (vesṭibiuli)
• German: Lounge (de) f, Wartezimmer (de) n, Warteraum (de) m
• Greek: αίθουσα αναμονής f (aíthousa anamonís)
• Hungarian: váróterem (hu), váró (hu), utasváró, előcsarnok (hu), csarnok (hu), hall (hu), társalgó (hu), szalon (hu)

• Italian: sala d'attesa, sala d'aspetto
• Japanese: ラウンジ (raunji), 待合室 (まちあいしつ, machiaishitsu), 休憩室 (きゅうけいしつ, kyūkeishitsu)
• Korean: 라운지 (ko) (raunji), 대기실 (ko) (daegisil), 휴게실 (ko) (hyugesil)
• Latin: exedrium n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lounge m (hotel, airport, ship)

• Plautdietsch: Rustow f
• Portuguese: sala de espera f
• Russian: зал ожида́ния m (zal ožidánija), приёмная (ru) f (prijómnaja), холл (ru) m (xoll)
• Spanish: sala de espera f
• Tagalog: silid-pahingahan

living room

• Afrikaans: sitkamer, woonkamer
• Bulgarian: салон (bg) m (salon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì), 客廳 (zh), 客厅 (zh) (kètīng)

• Finnish: olohuone (fi)
• French: salon (fr) m
• Georgian: საერთო ოთახი (saerto otaxi), სასტუმრო ოთახი (sasṭumro otaxi), მისაღები ოთახი (misaɣebi otaxi), საცხოვრებელი ოთახი (sacxovrebeli otaxi)
• German: Wohnzimmer (de) n
• Greek: καθιστικό (el) n (kathistikó)

• Hungarian: nappali (hu)
• Italian: salotto (it) m
• Japanese: 居間 (ja) (いま, ima), リビングルーム (ribingu rūmu)
• Maori: rūma noho
• Portuguese: sala de estar (pt) f
• Russian: гости́ная (ru) f (gostínaja), сало́н (ru) m (salón)
• Spanish: sala de estar f, estancia (es) f
• Volapük: sälun (vo)
• Welsh: lolfa (cy) f

establishment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì)

• Finnish: baari (fi)
• Hungarian: bár (hu), drinkbár
• Italian: piano-bar, veranda (it) f

• Japanese: ラウンジ (raunji), 休憩室 (きゅうけいしつ, kyūkeishitsu)
• Korean: 사교실 (sagyosil), 휴게실 (ko) (hyugesil), 라운지 (ko) (raunji)
• Russian: ко́мната о́тдыха f (kómnata ótdyxa), бар (ru) m (bar), сало́н (ru) m (salón)

large comfortable seat

• Bulgarian: шезлонг m (šezlong)
• Georgian: სავარძელი (savarʒeli), შეზლონგი (šezlongi)

• Hungarian: pamlag (hu), kanapé (hu), dívány (hu), sezlon (hu)
• Spanish: reposera f

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Verb

lounge (third-person singular simple present lounges, present participle lounging, simple past and past participle lounged)

1. To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

   We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.

   • 1854, J. Hannay, Singleton Fontenoy, R.N

     We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

Translations

to relax

• Bulgarian: безделнича (bg) (bezdelniča), разтакавам се (raztakavam se)
• Finnish: oleilla (fi), oleskella (fi)
• Georgian: უსაქმურობს (usakmurobs), ისვენებს (isvenebs)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥαθυμέω (rhathuméō)

• Hungarian: lustálkodik (hu), lebzsel (hu), henyél (hu)
• Italian: ciondolare (it), bighellare (it), bighellonare (it), oziare (it), poltrire (it)
• Maori: kaweka, ānewanewa
• Russian: безде́льничать (ru) impf (bezdélʹničatʹ), отдыха́ть (ru) impf (otdyxátʹ)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb lounge

• chaise lounge
• cocktail lounge
• liquor lounge

• lounge bag
• lounge chair
• lounge lizard

• lounge music
• lounge room
• transit lounge

Anagrams

• lugeon

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English lounge

Noun

lounge m (definite singular loungen, indefinite plural lounger, definite plural loungene)

1. a lounge (usually in a hotel, airport or ship)

References

• “lounge” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Spanish

Noun

lounge m (plural lounges or lounge)

1. lounge

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Swedish

Etymology 1

lo +‎ unge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²luː.ɵŋɛ/

Noun

lounge c

1. A lynx cub.

Declension

Declension of lounge
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lounge	loungen	loungar	loungarna
Genitive	lounges	loungens	loungars	loungarnas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lounge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹laʊndʂ/

Noun

lounge c

1. A lounge, a waiting room.

Declension

Declension of lounge
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lounge	loungen	lounger	loungerna
Genitive	lounges	loungens	loungers	loungernas