sofa

Definition

A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.

Etymology

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”). Cognate with Aramaic צפא/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.

Example Sentences

• "He bought a big sofa two days before his relatives arrived."
• "His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them."
• "I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur"