lounge
See also: Lounge
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain, possibly from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laʊndʒ/
Noun
lounge (plural lounges)
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- A domestic living room.
- An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
- 1849, The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
- That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.
- 1849, The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
Synonyms
- (living room): loungeroom (Australia)
- (pub): See also Thesaurus:pub
Translations
waiting room
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living room
establishment
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Verb
lounge (third-person singular simple present lounges, present participle lounging, simple past and past participle lounged)
Translations
to relax
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Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun or verb lounge
- lounge bag
- lounge chair
- lounge lizard
- lounge music
- lounge room
- transit lounge
Norwegian Bokmål
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²luː.ɵŋɛ/
Noun
lounge c
- A lynx cub.
Declension
Declension of lounge | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lounge | loungen | loungar | loungarna |
Genitive | lounges | loungens | loungars | loungarnas |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹laʊndʂ/
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