chaise longue

noun

ˈshāz-ˈlȯŋ How to pronounce chaise longue (audio)
ˈshez-
plural chaise longues also chaises longues ˈshāz-ˈlȯŋ(z) How to pronounce chaise longue (audio)
: a long reclining chair

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Some sofas will have a chaise longue on one end, which means the couch extends on that side, so there’s more room to stretch out. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025 Find a couch or a chaise longue or a recliner, please, and give Ron’s sheer desperation a watch. — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Draped across a sumptuous velvet chaise longue within the art deco splendour of Eltham Palace, Susie Cave is moonlighting as a fabulous Biba-bobbed lady of the manor. — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2026 The brand also revisited the Riviera chaise longue designed by Legrain in 1925 for Jeanne Tachard, a French collector and patron of the arts. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for chaise longue

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, long chair

First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chaise longue was in 1800

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chaise longue

noun
ˈshāz-ˈlȯŋ How to pronounce chaise longue (audio)
: a long chair that one can lie on
Etymology

French, literally, "long chair," from chaise "chair" and longue "long"

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