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Plural of armchair

regular plural

The plural of armchair is armchairs.

Forms of armchair

Singulararmchair /ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/
Pluralarmchairs
Countablecountable

Armchairs in a sentence

  • We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.From the entry matching
  • Battered armchairs and a sofa were bagsed first; they were more comfortable than the school chairs that could get hard.2008, Kate Dellar-Evans, Best of Friends: The First Thirty Years of the Friendly Street Poets, page 13. From the entry bags
  • Curling organic orange leather armchairs are superbly stylish and comfortable only surpassed by zoomorphic monoped wood and metal tables.1989, Design - Issues 487-492, page 43. From the entry monoped
  • It was a typical bachelor's study, comfortable and old fashioned, with squashy armchairs and an old desk piled high with papers.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 105. From the entry squashy
  • A tightly stuffed couch, chintz-covered armchairs, an overmantel mirror with swans painted on it, flowers in various vases, photos in metal frames.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 145. From the entry overmantel

Meaning of armchair

  1. noun A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
  2. noun An upholstered chair without armrests intended for the living room.
  3. noun A position from which a casual and inexpert perspective looks out on the world.

Full definition of armchair

Questions about the plural of armchair

What is the plural of armchair?
The plural of armchair is armchairs.
Is armchair countable?
Armchair is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: armchair (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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