chaise longue

noun

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

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Furnishings include a Cassina chaise longue by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand; an Osvaldo Borsani side table; and vintage sconces by Luigi Caccia Dominioni. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2025 Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson The Terrace: The pair of chaise longues are from Belgium. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2025 There’s a glamorous chaise longue smack in the middle of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’s bathroom. Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024 Before the play begins, the cast bops around together onstage, vaping and chilling on a blow-up chaise longue and sharing a Kool-Aid-like substance from a plastic gallon jug covered in Sharpie graffiti. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chaise longue 

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, long chair

First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chaise longue was in 1800

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“Chaise longue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaise%20longue. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

chaise longue

noun
: a long chair that one can lie on
Etymology

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

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