lounge

See also: Lounge

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /laʊndʒ/

NounEdit

lounge (plural lounges)

A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
(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.
An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
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.

SynonymsEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

waiting room

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)
Italian: sala d'attesa, sala d'aspetto

Japanese: ラウンジ (raunji), 待合室 (まちあいしつ, machiaishitsu)
Korean: 라운지 (ko) (raunji), 대기실 (ko) (daegisil)
Latin: exedrium n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lounge m (hotel, airport, ship)
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

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)
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)
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

Georgian: სავარძელი (savarʒeli), შეზლონგი (šezlongi)

Spanish: reposera f

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VerbEdit

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

To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
- J. Hannay
  We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.