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IKEA

/aɪˈkiːə/

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IKEA proper noun: an international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.

Proper noun (1)

IKEA

  1. An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.
    • Instruct the servant robot to clean the house, landscape the yard, and assemble several major pieces of IKEA furniture. Then, when your robot is power depleted and attempts to recharge, shut off the power to your house.2005, Daniel H. Wilson, How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 126
    • It seems Swedish gangs, apparently no longer satisfied with knocking over their local IKEA’s, have taken to sneaking little people into the cargo holds of the buses by stowing them in suitcases.2008 February 2, Luke Burbank, “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ikea

Ikea

  1. Alternative letter-case form of IKEA.

IKEA meaning in Thai

IKEA in Thai

international, originally Swedish retailer
อิเกีย

Forms of IKEA

alternative formIkea

Origin of IKEA

Borrowed from Swedish IKEA.

Words formed from IKEA

Phrases with IKEA

Questions about IKEA

What does IKEA mean?
IKEA means an international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.
What is IKEA in Thai?
IKEA in Thai is อิเกีย. See IKEA meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is IKEA?
IKEA is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce IKEA?
IKEA is pronounced /aɪˈkiːə/.

Words near IKEA in the dictionary

  1. ikavic
  2. IKB
  3. Ike
  4. Ike jacket
  5. Ike jackets
  6. IKEA
  7. IKEA effect
  8. IKEA effects
  9. ikebana
  10. ikebanas
  11. Ikebukuro

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IKEA (page history and authors); Ikea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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