"easy chair" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: easy chairs [plural]
Etymology: Compound of easy + chair. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|easy|chair}} Compound of easy + chair Head templates: {{en-noun}} easy chair (plural easy chairs)
  1. A comfortable chair, often well upholstered; a lounge chair. Categories (topical): Chairs Synonyms: easy-chair Translations (a comfortable chair): բազկաթոռ (bazkatʻoṙ) (Armenian), আরাম-কেদারা (aram-kedara) (Bengali), ইজি চেয়ার (iji cear) (Bengali), фотьойл (fotjojl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кресло (kreslo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 安樂椅 (Chinese Mandarin), 安乐椅 (ānlèyǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), nojatuoli (Finnish), laiskanlinna (Finnish), lepolassi (Finnish), fauteuil (French), სავარძელი (savarʒeli) (Georgian), Sessel [masculine] (German), כִּסֵּא נוֹחַ (kisé nóaẖ) [masculine] (Hebrew), fotel (Hungarian), karosszék (Hungarian), cathaoir bhog [feminine] (Irish), cathaoir shócúil [feminine] (Irish), cathaoir shócúlach [feminine] (Irish), poltrona [feminine] (Italian), kerusi malas (Malay), صندلی راحتی (Persian), poltrona (Portuguese), кре́сло (kréslo) [neuter] (Russian), tumbona [feminine] (Spanish), fåtölj [common-gender] (Swedish), länstol (Swedish), armstol (Swedish)

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