ottoman

ottoman

See also: Ottoman and ottomán

English

ottoman fabric

Etymology

From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑtəmən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒtəmən/
• Hyphenation: ot‧to‧man

Noun

ottoman (countable and uncountable, plural ottomans)

1. (furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
   • 1912, George Bernard Shaw, “Act III”, in Pygmalion‎:

     In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.

2. (furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.

   Synonyms: footstool, hassock, pouffe, tuffet, tumpty

   • 1869, Catherine E. Beecher; Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman's Home‎:

     This ottoman is set on casters, and is a great convenience for holding articles, while serving also as a seat.

3. (textiles) A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

Translations

sofa — See also translations at sofa

Armenian: թախտ (hy) (tʿaxt) Bulgarian: диван (bg) m (divan) Esperanto: divano Finnish: ottomaani (fi) French: divan (fr) m, ottomane (fr) f German: Ottomane (de) f, Canapé n, Couch (de) f Hungarian: ottomán, kerevet (hu), heverő (hu), dívány (hu) Japanese: オットマン (ottoman) Norwegian: Bokmål: ottoman m Nynorsk: ottoman m Russian: пуф (ru) m (puf), оттома́нка (ru) f (ottománka), софа́ (ru) f (sofá), дива́н (ru) m (diván), куше́тка (ru) f (kušétka), тахта́ (ru) f (taxtá), канапе́ (ru) n (kanapɛ́) Welsh: setl f

low stool

Chinese: Mandarin: 搁脚凳 (gējiáodèng) Finnish: ottomaani (fi), rahi (fi), jalkarahi French: pouf (fr) m German: Polsterhocker m, Sitzkissen (de) n, Ottomane (de) Hebrew: הֲדוֹם‎ (he) m (hadóm) Hungarian: puff (hu) Irish: otamán m Japanese: オットマン (ottoman) Macedonian: табуретка f (taburetka) Portuguese: pufe m Russian: пуф (ru) m (puf), пу́фик (ru) m (púfik) Swedish: ottoman (sv) c

fabric

Catalan: otomà (ca) m Finnish: ottomaani (fi) Japanese: オットマン (ottoman)

See also

• chesago

Anagrams

• Mattoon

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ottoman (feminine ottomane, masculine plural ottomans, feminine plural ottomanes)

1. Ottoman

Derived terms

• Empire ottoman

Further reading

• “ottoman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Japanese

Romanization

ottoman

1. Rōmaji transcription of オットマン

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French ottomane.

Noun

ottoman m (definite singular ottomanen, indefinite plural ottomaner, definite plural ottomanene)

1. an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)
   • 2011, "Brødrene fra Iron House" by John Hart (translated by Christian Rugstad), Font Forlag AS →ISBN

     Michael sparket ottomanen til side, tok et skritt fram og rev geværet ut av hendene hennes.

     Michael kicked the ottoman to the side, took a stride forward and tore the gun out of her hands.

2. synonym of osman

References

• “ottoman” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ottoman_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French ottomane.

Noun

ottoman m (definite singular ottomanen, indefinite plural ottomanar, definite plural ottomanane)

1. an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)
2. synonym of osman

References

• “ottoman” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.