"sofa" meaning in French

See sofa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɔ.fa/, /so.fa/, /so.fɔ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-sofa.wav Forms: sofas [plural]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”)/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ. The word may have entered French via Turkish sofa. Note casually that Arabic itself uses كَنَبة (kanaba) for “sofa”, from French canapé. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|id=couch}}, {{der|fr|ar|صُفَّة||a long seat made of stone or brick}} Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick”), {{der|fr|arc|צפא||mat|sc=Hebr|tr=ṣipā’}} Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”), {{der|fr|syc|ܨܦܬܐ}} Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ, {{cog|fr|canapé}} French canapé Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} sofa m (plural sofas)
  1. couch; sofa Tags: masculine Synonyms: canapé
    Sense id: en-sofa-fr-noun-TnW78-~Y Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 20 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "text": "→ Catalan: sofà"
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      "text": "→ Czech: sofà"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: sofa",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Danish: sofa"
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        {
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            "1": "nl",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: sofa"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Indonesian: sofa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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        }
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      "text": "→ Galician: sofá"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "de",
            "2": "Sofa",
            "bor": "1",
            "noalts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Sofa\n→ Estonian: sohva\n→ Kashubian: zófa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Sofa\n→ Estonian: sohva\n→ Kashubian: zófa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "szófa",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: szófa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Hungarian: szófa"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Sofa",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Hunsrik: Sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hunsrik: Sofa"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "is",
            "2": "sófi",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: sófi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: sófi"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sofà",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: sofà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: sofà"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lithuanian: sofa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "se",
            "2": "suffá",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Northern Sami: suffá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Sami: suffá"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: sofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdt",
            "2": "Soofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Plautdietsch: Soofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Plautdietsch: Soofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: sofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sofá",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: sofá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: sofá"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Romanian: sofa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "софа",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "text": "→ Russian: софа (sofa)\n→ Veps: sofa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "2": "sofá",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: sofá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Spanish: sofá"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "soffa",
            "bor": "1"
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        }
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        {
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            "1": "uz",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Uzbek: sofa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "yi",
            "2": "סאָפֿע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: סאָפֿע (sofe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: סאָפֿע (sofe)"
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        "2": "syc",
        "3": "ܨܦܬܐ"
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      "name": "der"
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "sofa#English"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/so.fa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so.fɔ/"
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    },
    {
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      "text": "→ Catalan: sofà"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Czech: sofà",
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      "text": "→ Czech: sofà"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Danish: sofa"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Dutch: sofa"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
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            "bor": "1"
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        {
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          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: sofá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Sofa",
            "bor": "1",
            "noalts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Sofa\n→ Estonian: sohva\n→ Kashubian: zófa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Sofa\n→ Estonian: sohva\n→ Kashubian: zófa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "szófa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: szófa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: szófa"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Sofa",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "sófi",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: sófi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: sófi"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sofà",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: sofà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: sofà"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lithuanian: sofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "se",
            "2": "suffá",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Northern Sami: suffá",
          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: sofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdt",
            "2": "Soofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Plautdietsch: Soofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Plautdietsch: Soofa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: sofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sofá",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: sofá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: sofá"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: sofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "софа",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: софа (sofa)\n→ Veps: sofa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: софа (sofa)\n→ Veps: sofa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: sofa / софа"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sofá",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: sofá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: sofá"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "soffa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: soffa\n→ Finnish: sohva\n→ Ingrian: sohva",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "sofa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: sofa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: sofa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "סאָפֿע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: סאָפֿע (sofe)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Yiddish: סאָפֿע (sofe)"
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        "5": "a long seat made of stone or brick"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "arc",
        "3": "צפא",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mat",
        "sc": "Hebr",
        "tr": "ṣipā’"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "syc",
        "3": "ܨܦܬܐ"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "canapé"
      },
      "expansion": "French canapé",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”)/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ. The word may have entered French via Turkish sofa.\nNote casually that Arabic itself uses كَنَبة (kanaba) for “sofa”, from French canapé.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sofas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "sofa m (plural sofas)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Arabic",
        "French terms derived from Aramaic",
        "French terms derived from Classical Syriac",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 20 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:French/a"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "couch; sofa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "couch",
          "couch"
        ],
        [
          "sofa",
          "sofa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "canapé"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ.fa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so.fa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so.fɔ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-sofa.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-sofa.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-sofa.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-sofa.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-sofa.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sofas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sofa"
}

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