fauteuil

American  

[foh-til, foh-tœ-y^uh] / ˈfoʊ tɪl, foʊˈtœ yə /

noun

plural

fauteuils

1. French Furniture. an upholstered armchair, especially one with open sides.

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fauteuil British  

/ ˈfəʊtɜːɪ, fotœj /

noun

1. an armchair, the sides of which are not upholstered

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Etymology

Origin of fauteuil

1735–45; < French; Old French faldestoel, faudestueil < Old Low Franconian *faldistôl; faldstool

Example Sentences

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

A fauteuil, four rush-bottomed chairs, and a commode completed the inventory of the furniture.

From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus