fauteuil
noun
an upholstered armchair, especially one with open sides.
fauteuils
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pluralof fauteuil.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Originally, according to David Wilmore of Theatresearch, a company that restores historic theaters in Britain, they would have had a few front rows of luxurious armchairs — known as fauteuils — for their wealthiest patrons.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
She liked white-pickled fauteuils and Indian miniatures, 17th century drawings of uncertain authorship, 19th century Chinese blue-and-white pots, theater prints, architectural capriccios, Victorian mahogany and squishy ecru upholstery.
From Time Magazine Archive
At any rate, M. Clemenceau was so excited that he forgot to give the usual pourboire to the female attendant who conducted him to his front seat in the fauteuils.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his dingy, one-room flat on the Rue Bonaparte, oil lamps and candles light up the empire fauteuils, the portraits of Napoleon and the etchings of Napoleon's greatest battles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fact that the links marshal had placed all the professional players present in one row of fauteuils, opposite the long carry to the 18th green, hardly seemed to further the interests of perfect golf.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 by Various
