chayer
Middle English
/ˈtʃɛi̯ər(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A padded chair or armchair; a seat facilitating comfort:
- (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.
- (rare) A podium or dais; an elevated portion of floor.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chaiere derived from Latin cathedra (seat, chair, armchair) derived from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (chair of a teacher, throne).
Origin
Ancient Greek
καθέδρα
Gloss
chair of a teacher, throne
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Muskoka chair English
- armchair English
- bedchair English
- cathedra English
- cathedral English
- cathedratic English
- chair English
- chairback English
- chairborne English
- chairbound English
- chairfast English
- chairfolk English
- chairful English
- chairholder English
- chairhood English
- chairlady English
- chairless English
- chairlift English
- chairlike English
- chairmaker English
- chairmaking English
- chairman English
- chairness English
- chairperson English
- chairship English
- chairside English
- chairward English
- chairwarmer English
- chairwoman English
- chairwork English
- co-chair English
- cochair English
- headchair English
- highchair English
- hoverchair English
- powerchair English
- pushchair English
- stairchair English
- stepchair English
- sunchair English
- vicechair English
- wheelchair English
- *cathēgra Latin
- cathedra Latin
- cathedralis Latin
- cathegra Latin
- cathégra Latin
- cathēdra Latin
- cathēdrālem Latin
- ecclesia Latin
- ecclēsia cathedrālis Latin
- cattedra Italian
- cathèdre French
- cátedra Spanish, Castilian
- καθέδρα Ancient Greek
- καθέδρᾱ Ancient Greek
- κατά Ancient Greek
- κᾰθέδρᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἕδρα Ancient Greek
- cátedra Portuguese
- chayer, cheire, chaere Middle English
- chaiere Old French
- katedro Esperanto
- càtedra Catalan, Valencian
- catedră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cadair Welsh
- katedro Ido
- cathaír Old Irish
- cheez Norman
- qùaire Norman
- tchaire Norman
- tchaîse Norman
- chaire Middle French
- קתדרלה Hebrew (modern)
- cadeira Old Portuguese
- চেয়ার Bengali
- cadera Old Occitan
- carega Venetian
- sia Tok Pisin
- kador Cornish
- caïèle Picard
- cadrega Lombard
- cadoer Middle Breton