anglais > français | |
chair | |
1. n. (Meubles) Chaise, fauteuil. | |
2. n. Chaire (dans une grande école publique). | |
3. n. (Par ellipse) Président. | |
4. v. Présider à une réunion. | |
anglais > anglais | |
chair | |
1. n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench. | |
All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair. | |
2. n. clipping of chairperson | |
Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions. | |
3. n. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. | |
My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops. | |
4. n. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices. | |
5. n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair. | |
6. n. (slang) (ellipsis of electric chair) | |
He killed a cop: he's going to get the chair. | |
The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him. | |
7. n. A distinguished professorship at a university. | |
8. n. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. | |
9. v. To act as chairperson at; to preside over. | |
Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting. | |
10. v. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory. | |
11. v. (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod. | |
The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod. | |
français > anglais | |
chaise | |
1. n-f. chair, seat | |