🛋️Le salon

Le canapé, les étagères, la télécommande.

13 concepts

Les colonnes suivent les langues activées en haut. Le genre après le mot (m/f/n) ; l'API en dessous ; les notes, variantes et origines encore en dessous — rien n'est caché.

Concept	English	Français	Español
living room noun	living room also: lounge (UK), sitting room, front room	salonm also: séjour (m), salle de séjour	salónm also: sala (f), sala de estar, living (Argentina)
sofa noun	sofa also: couch, settee (UK)	canapém Also the appetiser — both from the Greek for mosquito net (konopeion) → curtained couch.	sofám
armchair noun	armchair	fauteuilm Also a theatre seat.	sillónm also: butaca /siˈjon/ for most speakers. Silla = chair.
coffee table noun	coffee table	table bassef Literally 'low table'.	mesa de centrof also: mesita
bookshelf / shelves noun	bookshelf also: shelf, bookcase	étagèref also: bibliothèque (bookcase)	estanteríaf also: estante (one shelf), librero (Mexico)
TV noun	TV also: telly (UK), television	téléf also: télévision, téléviseur (the set) Regarder la télé.	telef also: televisión, televisor (m, the set) Ver la tele.
remote control noun	remote also: remote control, clicker (US), zapper (UK)	télécommandef	mandom also: mando a distancia, control remoto (Latin America)
lamp noun	lamp	lampef	lámparaf
rug / carpet noun	rug also: carpet (fitted, wall-to-wall)	tapism Fitted carpet = moquette.	alfombraf also: moqueta (fitted) Arabic al-ḥanbal, a ceremonial blanket.
window noun	window Old Norse vindauga — 'wind-eye'.	fenêtref	ventanaf From viento, 'wind' — same idea as English.
wall (inside) noun	wall One word for inside and outside walls.	murm also: cloison (partition)	paredf Muro = outside / stone wall.
cushion noun	cushion Pillow = on the bed; cushion = on the sofa.	coussinm	cojínm
to sit down verb	to sit down Sit = be seated; sit down = the action.	s'asseoir Asseyez-vous ! / Assieds-toi ! Être assis = to be sitting.	sentarse Siéntate / Siéntese. Estar sentado = to be sitting.