fauteuil
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fauteuil
1735–45; < French; Old French faldestoel, faudestueil < Old Low Franconian *faldistôl; see faldstool
Example Sentences
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A plush, red velvet fauteuil tucked into the lower right corner of the picture is like an upscale launching pad, which has propelled the man to the balustrade along a tall French window.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
“I didn’t know a fauteuil from a bergère,” she says after meeting the Kennedy family.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2013
The younger generations neither fancy such seats — you cannot sprawl in a Louis XV fauteuil — nor do they like the interior design into which gilt Rocaille armchairs can fit.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2011
The rust and dust of their long exile in cellars and attics are as carefully preserved as the patina on a Louis XV fauteuil.
From Time Magazine Archive
I shall have some things up from the conservatory--palms and things, to represent a bower; a fauteuil will be placed conveniently, and a low stool beside it.
From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil
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