abaco

From Latin abacus (“counting board”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”).

abbaco

art of counting; except in the meaning of


libreria

it-noun

libreria f (plural librerie, diminutive libreriétta, augmentative librerióna, pejorative libreriàccia)

librerie (plural)
libreriétta (diminutive)
librerióna (augmentative)
libreriàccia (pejorative)

(furniture) bookcase, bookshelf, bookshelves


biblioteca

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). By surface analysis, biblio- + -teca.


letto

it-noun

letto m (plural letti, diminutive lettìno or lettùccio or letticciòlo, augmentative lettóne, pejorative lettàccio)

letti (plural)
lettìno (diminutive)
lettùccio (diminutive)
letticciòlo (diminutive)
lettóne (augmentative)
lettàccio (pejorative)

From Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare French lit, Galician and Portuguese leito and Catalan llit.


credenza

→ German: Kredenz

→ English: credenza

→ Maltese: gredenza, gradenza

From Late Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns. By surface analysis, credere + -enza.
Furniture sense is by similarity with small church table hosting paten, chalice and spoon during Communion.

(furniture) sideboard, cupboard, hutch, abacus (church furniture)


chaise longue

chaise longue f (plural chaises longues)

/ˈʃɛz ˈlɔnɡ/

Unadapted borrowing from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).

ubor

chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)


puf

(furniture) pouf (low cushioned seat with no back;padded footstool)


baule

→ Ottoman Turkish: باوول (bavul)

Turkish: bavul

→ Laz: ბაული (bauli)

Most likely from Latin bāiulāre, ultimately from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”). Compare French bahut.


comò

From French commode (“chest of drawers”).

(furniture) chest of drawers, bureau, buro


dispensa

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dīspēnsa, feminine past participle of dīspendō, from Latin dis- + pendō.


sedia

→ Ottoman Turkish: سدیه (sedye)

→ Turkish: sedye

From sedere.
The initial auto-gemination found in some regional Italian varieties seems to be unetymological.


poltrona

→ Greek: πολυθρόνα (polythróna)

→ Portuguese: poltrona

→ Spanish: poltrona


scrivania

(furniture) desk, writing desk, writing table, bonheur du jour


armadio

From the older armario, borrowed from Latin armārium.

(furniture) wardrobe, closet, cupboard, cabinet


divano

Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), from Persian دیوان (dêvân), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

(furniture) sofa, divan, settee, chesterfield, love seat


tavola

it-noun

tavola f (plural tavole, diminutive tavolèlla or tavolétta or tavolettina or tavolina, augmentative tavolóna, pejorative tavolàccia or tavolùccia)

tavole (plural)
tavolèlla (diminutive)
tavolétta (diminutive)
tavolettina (diminutive)
tavolina (diminutive)
tavolóna (augmentative)
tavolàccia (pejorative)
tavolùccia (pejorative)

→ Arabic: طَاوِلَة (ṭāwila)

Gulf Arabic: طاولة (ṭāwla)

Moroccan Arabic: طاولة (ṭāwla)

North Levantine Arabic: طاولة (ṭāwle)

→ Italiot Greek: tavla

→ Ottoman Turkish: طبله (tabla)

Turkish: tavla

→ English: tavla

desctree

→ Greek: τάβλι (távli)
→ Romanian: table

desc

→ Hebrew: טַבְלָה (ṭaḇlā)

→ Hebrew: טַבְלָה (ṭaḇlā)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: та̀вла

Latin script: tàvla

→ Tigrinya: ጣውላ (ṭawla)

From Latin tabula. Doublet of tabula and tavolo.


tavolo

it-noun

tavolo m (plural tavoli, diminutive tavolino or tavolèllo, augmentative tavolóne)

tavoli (plural)
tavolino (diminutive)
tavolèllo (diminutive)
tavolóne (augmentative)

From Latin tabula, with a change in gender and inflection.


madia

From Vulgar Latin *madiga, from magida, from Ancient Greek μαγίδα (magída). Compare Sicilian maidda.

(furniture) cupboard or cabinet (in a kitchen)


bussola

→ Albanian: busull, busulla

desc

→ Arabic: بُوصُلَة (būṣula), بُوصِلَة (būṣila)

→ Bulgarian: бу́сола (búsola)

→ Catalan: brúixola

→ Dalmatian: bȕsula

→ French: boussole

→ Greek: μπούσουλας (boúsoulas)

→ Macedonian: бусола (busola)

→ Portuguese: bússola

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: бу̀сола

Latin script: bùsola

→ Spanish: brújula

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: پوصوله (pusula), پوسوله (pusula), پوصولا (pusula), پوسولا (pusula), پوصله (pusla), پوسله (pusla), پوصلا (pusla), پوسلا (pusla)
Turkish: pusula
→ Armenian: փուսուլա (pʻusula)
Kurdish:
→ Central Kurdish: پِسوولە (pisûle)
→ Northern Kurdish: pisûle

From Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).


salotto

From sala + -otto; cognate with Piedmontese salòt.

(by extension, furniture) suite (furniture for such a room)


scrittoio

From Late Latin scrīptōrium (“writing desk; writing room”), derived from Classical Latin scrīptus (“written”), perfect passive participle of scrībō (“to write”). Doublet of scrittorio.


casellario

(office, furniture) filing cabinet (British), file cabinet (US), pigeonhole


dondola

Deverbal from dondolare (“to swing”) + -a.


tavolino

→ Albanian: tavolinë

From tavolo (“table, board, desk”) + -ino.

a small table, an occasional table, a card table (item of furniture)


sdraio

it-noun

sdraio f (usually invariable, plural (informal) sdraie)

Ellipsis of sedia a sdraio. (keeping the feminine gender of sedia), where sdraio is deverbal from sdraiarsi (“to lie down”). The alternative form sdraia undergoes a change in the ending to match the gender. The alternative form's plural sdraie also became the plural of sdraio for some speakers, to solve the ambiguity of invariability.


ribalta

→ Portuguese: ribalta


soglio

From Latin solium (“seat, throne”), from Proto-Indo-European *sodyom, derived from *sed- (“to sit”).


guardaroba

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + roba (“clothing”).

it-verb-obj

(furniture) wardrobe (movable furniture for storing clothes)


comodino

→ Hijazi Arabic: كمدينة

→ Egyptian Arabic: كومودينو


sofà

From Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).


letto matrimoniale

it-noun

letto matrimoniale m (plural letti matrimoniali)


sgabello

From Latin scabellum, scabillum, diminutive of scamnum (“seat”).

(furniture) stool (low, such as a pouffe; or high, especially in a bar), footstool


classificatore

classificatore m (plural classificatori)


paravento

desctree

→ French: paravent
→ Czech: paraván
→ English: paravent
→ German: Paravent
→ Ottoman Turkish: پاراوان (paravan)
Turkish: paravan
→ Romanian: paravan

→ Turkish: paravana

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to protect; to block”) + vento (“wind”).

it-verb-obj

(furniture) screen, folding screen, room divider


poggiapiedi

Verb-object compound, composed of poggia (“to lean, to rest”) + piedi (“feet”).


divanetto

From divano + -etto (diminutive suffix).


scranno

Borrowed from Lombardic skranna (“bench”), with a change of gender.


canterano

(furniture) a piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes


agrippina

From a statue, kept in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, which portrays Flavia Iulia Helena sitting on this type of chair, once believed to be a representation of Named after Agrippina the Elder.

Capitoline Museums
Flavia Iulia Helena
it:greppina


sedia a dondolo

it-noun

sedia a dondolo f (plural sedie a dondolo)


angoliera

(furniture) corner cupboard (or shelf), encoignure


cantoniera

(furniture) corner cupboard, encoignure, commode


reggilibro

Verb-object compound, composed of reggi (“to hold, to support”) + libro (“book”).


divano-letto

(furniture) day bed, sofa bed (sofa/couch that transforms into a bed)


sedia girevole

it-noun

sedia girevole f (plural sedie girevoli)


tavolo da cena

tavolo da cena m (plural tavoli da cena)


materasso ad aria

materasso ad aria m (plural materassi ad aria)


sedia a sdraio

sedia a sdraio f (plural sedie a sdraio)


materasso ad acqua

materasso ad acqua m (plural materassi ad acqua)


porta bacinella

porta bacinella m (plural porta bacinelle)


letto a due piazze

letto a due piazze m (plural letti a due piazze)


letto ad una piazza

letto ad una piazza m (plural letti ad una piazza)


letto a castello

letto a castello m (plural letti a castello)


letto a baldacchino

letto a baldacchino m (plural letti a baldacchino)


tavolo da pranzo

tavolo da pranzo m (plural tavoli da pranzo)


materasso giapponese

materasso giapponese m (plural materassi giapponesi)

(furniture) futon a thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material


tavolino da salotto

tavolino da salotto m (plural tavolini da salotto)


poltro

Borrowed from Lombardic *polstar (“cushion”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr (“cushion, pillow”), from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“bolster”). Cognate with Old High German polstar, English bolster.


piano cottura

(furniture) cooktop, stovetop, range, hob, rings