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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cornucopia sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moving sofa problem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa-bed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa constant"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa king"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa painting"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa problem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa set"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa spud"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa surf"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa surfer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sofa surfing"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "as",
"2": "চোফা",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Assamese: চোফা (süpha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Assamese: চোফা (süpha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ဆိုဖာ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: ဆိုဖာ (hcuihpa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: ဆိုဖာ (hcuihpa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yue",
"2": "梳化",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Cantonese: 梳化 (so¹ faa³⁻²)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Cantonese: 梳化 (so¹ faa³⁻²)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "सोफ़ा",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: सोफ़ा (sofā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: सोफ़ा (sofā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ソファ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "sofa"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ソファ (sofa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ソファ (sofa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "소파",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 소파 (sopa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 소파 (sopa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "sofa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: sofa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: sofa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nan-pen",
"2": "sofa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Penang Hokkien: sofa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Penang Hokkien: sofa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "sofa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: sofa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: sofa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "โซฟา",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: โซฟา (soo-faa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: โซฟา (soo-faa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "صوفہ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "sofā"
},
"expansion": "→ Urdu: صوفہ (sofā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Urdu: صوفہ (sofā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "soffa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: soffa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: soffa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wuu",
"2": "沙發",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Wu: 沙發／沙发 (¹so-faq)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Wu: 沙發／沙发 (¹so-faq)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "沙發",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin: 沙發／沙发 (shāfā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 沙發／沙发 (shāfā)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "khb",
"2": "ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lü: ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ (saa¹faa²)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lü: ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ (saa¹faa²)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mn",
"2": "шафа",
"3": "ᠱᠠᠹᠠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mongolian: шафа (šafa), ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (šafa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mongolian: шафа (šafa), ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (šafa)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ug",
"2": "سافا",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uyghur: سافا (safa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uyghur: سافا (safa)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wuh",
"2": "shafa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Wutunhua: shafa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Wutunhua: shafa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "za",
"2": "sahfaz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Zhuang: sahfaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Zhuang: sahfaz"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "sofa"
},
"expansion": "French sofa",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "صُفَّة"
},
"expansion": "Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "צפא"
},
"expansion": "Aramaic צפא",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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 upon. Cognate with Aramaic צפא/ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sofas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sofa (plural sofas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "love seat"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Eastern English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Architecture",
"orig": "en:Architecture",
"parents": [
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting."
],
"id": "en-sofa-en-noun-2RAyPK2W",
"links": [
[
"architecture",
"architecture"
],
[
"raise",
"raise"
],
[
"area",
"area"
],
[
"building",
"building"
],
[
"floor",
"floor"
],
[
"usually",
"usually"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"carpet",
"carpet"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"sitting",
"sitting"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Middle East architecture, archaic) A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting."
],
"tags": [
"East",
"Middle",
"archaic"
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Indian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Furniture",
"orig": "en:Furniture",
"parents": [
"Home",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "2 68 22 3 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 63 21 9 3",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Furniture",
"orig": "en:Furniture",
"parents": [
"Home",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people."
],
"id": "en-sofa-en-noun-9s~R1X6v",
"links": [
[
"furniture",
"furniture"
],
[
"upholster",
"upholster"
],
[
"seat",
"seat"
],
[
"raise",
"raise"
],
[
"back",
"back"
],
[
"one",
"one"
],
[
"two",
"two"
],
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"long",
"long"
],
[
"enough",
"enough"
],
[
"comfortably",
"comfortably"
],
[
"accommodate",
"accommodate"
],
[
"people",
"people"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(furniture, chiefly UK, India) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "couch"
},
{
"word": "lounge"
},
{
"word": "divan"
},
{
"word": "settee"
}
],
"tags": [
"India",
"UK"
],
"topics": [
"furniture",
"lifestyle"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kanape"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔarīka",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أَرِيكَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kanaba",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "كَنَبَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taḵt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "تَخْت"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dīwān",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دِيوَان"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kanaba",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "كنبة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kanaba",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "كنبة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "acm",
"lang": "Iraqi Arabic",
"roman": "qánafa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "قنفة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bazmocʻ",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "բազմոց"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻaxt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "թախտ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "süpha",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "চোফা"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofá"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "divan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kanápa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кана́па"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "safá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сафа́"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śōpha",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "সোফা"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gourvezvank"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "diván",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дива́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kanapé",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "канапе́"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kušétka",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "куше́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcuihpa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ဆိုဖာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofà"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "dtp",
"lang": "Central Dusun",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"alt": "so¹ faa³⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "梳化"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "диван"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "膨椅"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙發"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāfā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙发"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙發"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "¹so-faq",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙发"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "divan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pohovka"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gauč"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bank"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zetel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "čevťeźem",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "чевтезем"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kanapo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sohva"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sohva"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canapé"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofá"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭaxṭi",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ტახტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Couch"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanapés",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καναπές"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sapa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סַפָּה"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sofā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सोफ़ा"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sophā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सोफा"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "dívány"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kanapé"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "szófa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sófi"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "dipan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divano"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofà"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sofā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ソファー"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ソファ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"alt": "ながいす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nagaisu",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "長椅子"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kauchi",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "カウチ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaasɑntiʼ",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "អាសន្ទិ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sopa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "소파"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kauchi",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "카우치"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "syopa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "쇼파"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "qenepe"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sǭ fā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ຊໍ່ຟ້າ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kao ʼī nyāo",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ເກົ້າອີ້ຍາວ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kao ʼī nǭn",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ເກົ້າອີ້ນອນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cubīle"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lectus"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponda"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pulvīnar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dīvāns"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kanapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "saa¹faa²",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "софа"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диван"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kauč",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кауч"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kanabe",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "канабе"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sōpha",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "സോഫ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sufan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "hōpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bujdan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "буйдан"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "софа"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "диван"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "buyidaŋ",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠳᠠᠩ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šafa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠱᠠᠹᠠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "diwan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳ᠋ᠢᠸᠠᠨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "jontchéthe"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "suffá"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kanape",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "قاناپه"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "صفه"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "kauč",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "کوچ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "taxt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تخت"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kânâpe",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "کاناپه"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "taxt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "تخت"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nimkat",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "نیمکت"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kawč",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Dari"
],
"word": "کوچ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Soofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kwotsch"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kanapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofá"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canapea"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sofá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "софа́"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diván",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дива́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kušétka",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "куше́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taxtá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тахта́"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kanapɛ́",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "канапе́"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "talpa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तल्प"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "langasaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suaineachan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sunnag"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ле̏жа̄ј"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дѝва̄н"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "со̀фа"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lȅžāj"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dìvān"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "sòfa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "sōfā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "සෝෆා"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pohovka"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diván"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kavč"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofá"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Costa-Rica",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sillón"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "soffa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "syl",
"lang": "Sylheti",
"roman": "súfá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ꠍꠥꠚꠣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sopa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kat",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "кат"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nimkat",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "нимкат"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "diwan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "soo-faa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "โซฟา"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rkub kyag so ph'a",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "རྐུབ་ཀྱག་སོ་ཕྰ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kanepe"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "diwan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sofá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "софа́"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyván",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дива́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kanápa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кана́па"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sofā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صوفہ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "diwan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "دىۋان"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "safa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "سافا"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "divan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kat"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "xô-pha"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ghế xô-pha"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "đi văng"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
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"_dis1": "4 96",
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"_dis1": "4 96",
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"_dis1": "4 96",
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"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "shafa"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "sofe",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סאָפֿע"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sahfaz"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈsəʊfə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsoʊfə/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊfə"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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}
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{
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},
{
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{
"form": "sofaed",
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five years in an English university, page 14",
"text": "The appearance of a student's apartment, though by no means splendid, is decidedly comfortable ; it is well cushioned and sofaed, with a proper proportion of arm chairs, and a general air of respectability — much better on the whole than our student's rooms ever are.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1890, Stanley Lane-Poole, The Life of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe - Volume 1, page 100",
"text": "First, it will surprize you to learn that instead of the venerable simplicity which reigns in St. Stephen's chapel, the H. of Representatives, besides being stoved, carpeted, desked, and sofaed in the most luxurious style, rivals and indeed surpasses the Legislature of Paris in decoration and drapery.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1893, Henry Swinglehurst, Silver Mines and Incidents of Travel, page 97",
"text": "I and another therefore entirely occupied our stateroom, which was sofaed round, being just large enough for two to lie down and a third to sit with his feet up and his head on his knees.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1981, David A. Kaufelt, The Wine and the Music, page 331",
"text": "It was a lavish, fully draped, fully sofaed, fully radiator-covered nineteenth-century deluxe German hotel suite.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To furnish with one or more sofas."
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},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1895, Denver Medical Times - Volume 5, page 191",
"text": "Cliques of three or more are formed, each member of which goes in search of victims, and the first female found complaining of pain in the lower part of her back, is immediately run down, corralled, cornered, so to speak, and sans ceremonie she is at once tabled, sofaed or beded, or in the absence of these relics of refinement she is floored or she may have to submit standing (especially if the doctor is in a hury and meets her at the gate or corner drug store) with an unerring plunge, of a not overly clean index finger, the darksome cavern is penetrated and perhaps, not, a cervix is touched and reveals, of course, a lacerated cervix, just as had been predicted.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1880 October 22, Benjamin Disraeli, chapter XVI, in George Earle Buckle, editor, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, volume VI: 1876–1881, published 1929, Hughenden Manor; To Lady Bradford, page 592",
"text": "A few, feeble words—my first—to tell you I have left my room this morning and am shaven and shorn and dressed and sofaed in my writing room, after a terrible ten days or more.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Kim Akass, Janet McCabe, Reading 'Desperate Housewives': Beyond the White Picket Fence",
"text": "Many a time back in my boozing days when I was sofaed too.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To seat or lay down on a sofa."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsəʊfə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsoʊfə/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊfə"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "wp"
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"ref": "2006, Magbaily C. Fyle, Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone, page xx",
"text": "1884 Sofas conquer northern Sierra Leone. The sofas were soldiers of Mandinka empire builder, Samori Turay. Falaba, capital of Solima Yalunka kingdom, destroyed in the process.",
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"slave",
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"soldier",
"soldier"
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],
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"historical"
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}
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"English terms with audio links",
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"word": "cornucopia sofa"
},
{
"word": "moving sofa problem"
},
{
"word": "sofa-bed"
},
{
"word": "sofa constant"
},
{
"word": "sofa king"
},
{
"word": "sofa painting"
},
{
"word": "sofa problem"
},
{
"word": "sofa set"
},
{
"word": "sofa spud"
},
{
"word": "sofa surf"
},
{
"word": "sofa surfer"
},
{
"word": "sofa surfing"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "as",
"2": "চোফা",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Assamese: চোফা (süpha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Assamese: চোফা (süpha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ဆိုဖာ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: ဆိုဖာ (hcuihpa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: ဆိုဖာ (hcuihpa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yue",
"2": "梳化",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Cantonese: 梳化 (so¹ faa³⁻²)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Cantonese: 梳化 (so¹ faa³⁻²)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "सोफ़ा",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: सोफ़ा (sofā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: सोफ़ा (sofā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ソファ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "sofa"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ソファ (sofa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ソファ (sofa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "소파",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 소파 (sopa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 소파 (sopa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "sofa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: sofa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: sofa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nan-pen",
"2": "sofa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Penang Hokkien: sofa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Penang Hokkien: sofa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "sofa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: sofa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: sofa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "โซฟา",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: โซฟา (soo-faa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: โซฟา (soo-faa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "صوفہ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "sofā"
},
"expansion": "→ Urdu: صوفہ (sofā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Urdu: صوفہ (sofā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "soffa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: soffa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: soffa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wuu",
"2": "沙發",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Wu: 沙發／沙发 (¹so-faq)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Wu: 沙發／沙发 (¹so-faq)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "沙發",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin: 沙發／沙发 (shāfā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 沙發／沙发 (shāfā)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "khb",
"2": "ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lü: ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ (saa¹faa²)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lü: ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ (saa¹faa²)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mn",
"2": "шафа",
"3": "ᠱᠠᠹᠠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mongolian: шафа (šafa), ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (šafa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mongolian: шафа (šafa), ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (šafa)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ug",
"2": "سافا",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uyghur: سافا (safa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uyghur: سافا (safa)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wuh",
"2": "shafa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Wutunhua: shafa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Wutunhua: shafa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "za",
"2": "sahfaz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Zhuang: sahfaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Zhuang: sahfaz"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "sofa"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "صُفَّة"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "צפא"
},
"expansion": "Aramaic צפא",
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}
],
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "sofa (plural sofas)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"word": "love seat"
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"Middle Eastern English",
"en:Architecture"
],
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],
"links": [
[
"architecture",
"architecture"
],
[
"raise",
"raise"
],
[
"area",
"area"
],
[
"building",
"building"
],
[
"floor",
"floor"
],
[
"usually",
"usually"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"carpet",
"carpet"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"sitting",
"sitting"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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],
"tags": [
"East",
"Middle",
"archaic"
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"Indian English",
"en:Furniture"
],
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],
"links": [
[
"furniture",
"furniture"
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[
"upholster",
"upholster"
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[
"seat",
"seat"
],
[
"raise",
"raise"
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[
"back",
"back"
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[
"one",
"one"
],
[
"two",
"two"
],
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"long",
"long"
],
[
"enough",
"enough"
],
[
"comfortably",
"comfortably"
],
[
"accommodate",
"accommodate"
],
[
"people",
"people"
]
],
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],
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{
"word": "couch"
},
{
"word": "lounge"
},
{
"word": "divan"
},
{
"word": "settee"
}
],
"tags": [
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"UK"
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"topics": [
"furniture",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsəʊfə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsoʊfə/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊfə"
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{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-us-sofa.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "sō'fə"
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{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sopha"
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divan"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kanape"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔarīka",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أَرِيكَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kanaba",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "كَنَبَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taḵt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "تَخْت"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dīwān",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دِيوَان"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kanaba",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "كنبة"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kanaba",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "كنبة"
},
{
"code": "acm",
"lang": "Iraqi Arabic",
"roman": "qánafa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "قنفة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bazmocʻ",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "բազմոց"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻaxt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "թախտ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "süpha",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "চোফা"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofá"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "divan"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kanápa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кана́па"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "safá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сафа́"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śōpha",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "সোফা"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gourvezvank"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "diván",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дива́н"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kanapé",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "канапе́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kušétka",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "куше́тка"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcuihpa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ဆိုဖာ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofà"
},
{
"code": "dtp",
"lang": "Central Dusun",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"alt": "so¹ faa³⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "梳化"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "диван"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "膨椅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙發"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāfā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙发"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙發"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "¹so-faq",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "沙发"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "divan"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pohovka"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gauč"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divan"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bank"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zetel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "čevťeźem",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "чевтезем"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kanapo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sohva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sohva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canapé"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofá"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭaxṭi",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ტახტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sofa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Couch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanapés",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καναπές"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sapa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סַפָּה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sofā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सोफ़ा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sophā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सोफा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "dívány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kanapé"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "szófa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sófi"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "dipan"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divano"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofà"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sofā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ソファー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ソファ"
},
{
"alt": "ながいす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nagaisu",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "長椅子"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kauchi",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "カウチ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaasɑntiʼ",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "អាសន្ទិ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sopa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "소파"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kauchi",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "카우치"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "syopa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "쇼파"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "qenepe"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sǭ fā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ຊໍ່ຟ້າ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kao ʼī nyāo",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ເກົ້າອີ້ຍາວ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kao ʼī nǭn",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ເກົ້າອີ້ນອນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cubīle"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lectus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sponda"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pulvīnar"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dīvāns"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kanapa"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "saa¹faa²",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "софа"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диван"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kauč",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кауч"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kanabe",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "канабе"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sōpha",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "സോഫ"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sufan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "hōpa"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bujdan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "буйдан"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "софа"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "диван"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "buyidaŋ",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠳᠠᠩ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šafa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠱᠠᠹᠠ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "diwan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳ᠋ᠢᠸᠠᠨ"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "jontchéthe"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "suffá"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kanape",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "قاناپه"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sofa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "صفه"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "kauč",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "کوچ"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "taxt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تخت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kânâpe",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "کاناپه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "taxt",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "تخت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nimkat",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "نیمکت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kawč",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Dari"
],
"word": "کوچ"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Soofa"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kwotsch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kanapa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofá"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canapea"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sofá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "софа́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diván",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дива́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kušétka",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "куше́тка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taxtá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тахта́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kanapɛ́",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "канапе́"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "talpa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तल्प"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "langasaid"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suaineachan"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sunnag"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ле̏жа̄ј"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дѝва̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "со̀фа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lȅžāj"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dìvān"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "sòfa"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "sōfā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "සෝෆා"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "upholstered seat",
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],
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
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"sense": "upholstered seat",
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"word": "soffa"
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"lang": "Sylheti",
"roman": "súfá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ꠍꠥꠚꠣ"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sopa"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kat",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "divan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nimkat",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "нимкат"
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{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "diwan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "диван"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "soo-faa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "โซฟา"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rkub kyag so ph'a",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "རྐུབ་ཀྱག་སོ་ཕྰ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kanepe"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "diwan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sofá",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "софа́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyván",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
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"word": "дива́н"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kanápa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
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"word": "кана́па"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sofā",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "صوفہ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "diwan",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "دىۋان"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "safa",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "سافا"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "upholstered seat",
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "sofa"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "kat"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "xô-pha"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "ghế xô-pha"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "upholstered seat",
"word": "đi văng"
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "upholstered seat",
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"sense": "upholstered seat",
"tags": [
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"word": "סאָפֿע"
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"code": "za",
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"word": "sahfaz"
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"ref": "1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five years in an English university, page 14",
"text": "The appearance of a student's apartment, though by no means splendid, is decidedly comfortable ; it is well cushioned and sofaed, with a proper proportion of arm chairs, and a general air of respectability — much better on the whole than our student's rooms ever are.",
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"ref": "1890, Stanley Lane-Poole, The Life of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe - Volume 1, page 100",
"text": "First, it will surprize you to learn that instead of the venerable simplicity which reigns in St. Stephen's chapel, the H. of Representatives, besides being stoved, carpeted, desked, and sofaed in the most luxurious style, rivals and indeed surpasses the Legislature of Paris in decoration and drapery.",
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"ref": "1893, Henry Swinglehurst, Silver Mines and Incidents of Travel, page 97",
"text": "I and another therefore entirely occupied our stateroom, which was sofaed round, being just large enough for two to lie down and a third to sit with his feet up and his head on his knees.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1981, David A. Kaufelt, The Wine and the Music, page 331",
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"ref": "1895, Denver Medical Times - Volume 5, page 191",
"text": "Cliques of three or more are formed, each member of which goes in search of victims, and the first female found complaining of pain in the lower part of her back, is immediately run down, corralled, cornered, so to speak, and sans ceremonie she is at once tabled, sofaed or beded, or in the absence of these relics of refinement she is floored or she may have to submit standing (especially if the doctor is in a hury and meets her at the gate or corner drug store) with an unerring plunge, of a not overly clean index finger, the darksome cavern is penetrated and perhaps, not, a cervix is touched and reveals, of course, a lacerated cervix, just as had been predicted.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1880 October 22, Benjamin Disraeli, chapter XVI, in George Earle Buckle, editor, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, volume VI: 1876–1881, published 1929, Hughenden Manor; To Lady Bradford, page 592",
"text": "A few, feeble words—my first—to tell you I have left my room this morning and am shaven and shorn and dressed and sofaed in my writing room, after a terrible ten days or more.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Kim Akass, Janet McCabe, Reading 'Desperate Housewives': Beyond the White Picket Fence",
"text": "Many a time back in my boozing days when I was sofaed too.",
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"ref": "2006, Magbaily C. Fyle, Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone, page xx",
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