sofà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sofa"

Catalan

Etymology

Via French sofa from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈfa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [soˈfa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

sofà m (plural sofàs)

1. sofa

Derived terms

• sofà biplaça
• sofà llit

Further reading

• “sofà”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sofà”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sofà” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sofà” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.