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sofa

UK/ˈsəʊ̯fə/ US/ˈsɵʊ̯fə/ fairly common

noun

1.

an upholstered seat for more than one person

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Origin

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”). Cognate with Aramaic צפא/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.

Phrases

  • cornucopia sofa
  • moving sofa problem
  • sofa constant
  • sofa king
  • sofa painting
  • sofa problem
  • sofa set
  • sofa sleeper

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