settee
/sɛˈtiː/
settee noun: a long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
Noun (1)
settee (plural settees)
- A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
- The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur
- “You might have to calm this down, my darling. I'm not sure this settee can take it.” “This settee has taken centuries of our love.”2022 July 12, Stefani Robinson & Paul Simms, “Reunited” (9:01 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 1
Noun (2)
settee (plural settees)
- A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.
Proper noun capitalized: Settee
Settee (plural Settees)
- A surname from Cree.
settee meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
settee in Tamil
- சாய்வு இருக்கை
settee in Malayalam
- couch, sofa, divan
- സെറ്റി, സോഫ, ചാരുബഞ്ച്, മഞ്ചം, മഞ്ചകം, അങ്കം
settee in Kannada
- ಸೋಫ, ಸುಖಾಸನ, ಹೊರಸು
Forms of settee
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | settees |
| alternative form | setee |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Settees |
Origin of settee
Unclear, possibly from settle (“seat, long bench”) + -ee (diminutive suffix).
From French scétie, scitie.
From Cree Settee.
Words formed from settee
Phrases with settee
Words that rhyme with settee
Questions about settee
- What does settee mean?
- Settee means a long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
- What is settee in Tamil?
- Settee in Tamil is சாய்வு இருக்கை. See Settee meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is settee?
- Settee can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce settee?
- Settee is pronounced /sɛˈtiː/.
- What is the plural of settee?
- The plural of settee is settees.
Words near settee in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: settee (page history and authors); Settee (page history and authors); settee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); settee (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); settee (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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