lounge
See also: Lounge
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Origin uncertain, possibly from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer
PronunciationEdit
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.
- 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur,[1] chapter 18:
- 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.
- 1849, The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
SynonymsEdit
- (living room): loungeroom (Australia), sitting room (Britain), parlour
- (pub): See also Thesaurus:pub
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
waiting room
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living room
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establishment
large comfortable seat
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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.
- 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.
TranslationsEdit
to relax
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from the noun or verb lounge
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
lounge m (definite singular loungen, indefinite plural lounger, definite plural loungene)
- a lounge (usually in a hotel, airport or ship)
ReferencesEdit
- “lounge” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
lounge m (plural lounges or lounge)
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lounge c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lounge | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lounge | loungen | loungar | loungarna |
Genitive | lounges | loungens | loungars | loungarnas |
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lounge c
- A lounge, a waiting room.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lounge | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lounge | loungen | lounger | loungerna |
Genitive | lounges | loungens | loungers | loungernas |