Origin uncertain. Perhaps from French s’allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
lounge (third-person singular simple present lounges, present participle lounging, simple past and past participle lounged)
- (intransitive) To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.
1854, J. Hannay, Singleton Fontenoy, R.N:We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.
1993, “Loungin'”, in Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1, performed by Guru ft. Donald Byrd:Everybody knows they have times when they wanna just lay back / Kick their feet up, y'know / Listen to some good music and just lounge / That's right, I said lounge
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon.
- To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287:When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.
2023 August 24, Pauline Lester, Marjorie Dean College Sophomore, BoD - Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 47:As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl.
to relax
- Bulgarian: безделнича (bg) (bezdelniča), разтакавам се (raztakavam se)
- Finnish: oleilla (fi), oleskella (fi), maleksia (fi), löhötä (fi)
- Georgian: უსაქმურობს (usakmurobs), ისვენებს (isvenebs)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ῥαθυμέω (rhathuméō)
- Hungarian: lustálkodik (hu), lebzsel (hu), henyél (hu)
- Italian: ciondolare (it), bighellare (it), bighellonare (it), oziare (it), poltrire (it)
- Maori: kaweka, ānewanewa, pūkoni
- Russian: безде́льничать (ru) impf (bezdélʹničatʹ), отдыха́ть (ru) impf (otdyxátʹ)
- Spanish: relajarse (es)
- Swedish: lata sig (sv), koppla av (sv)
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lounge (plural lounges)
- (now rare) A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 196:He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.
1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 16:One morning she accompanied Madame de Soissons to the fair, then the favourite lounge and amusement. The Comtesse bought every trifle that caught her eye, while Francesca looked on.
- The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
1849, The Knickerbocker, volume 33, page 198:That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.
- (British) The living room or sitting room of a house.
1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur[1]:The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
place where one can lounge
living room
- Afrikaans: sitkamer, woonkamer
- Bulgarian: салон (bg) m (salon), дне́вна (bg) f (dnévna)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì), 客廳/客厅 (zh) (kètīng)
- Finnish: olohuone (fi)
- French: salon (fr) m
- Georgian: საერთო ოთახი (saerto otaxi), სასტუმრო ოთახი (sasṭumro otaxi), მისაღები ოთახი (misaɣebi otaxi), საცხოვრებელი ოთახი (sacxovrebeli otaxi)
- German: Wohnzimmer (de) n
- Greek: καθιστικό (el) n (kathistikó)
- Hungarian: nappali (hu)
- Italian: salotto (it) m
- Japanese: 居間 (ja) (いま, ima), リビングルーム (ja) (ribingu rūmu)
- Maori: rūma noho
- Portuguese: sala de estar (pt) f
- Russian: гости́ная (ru) f (gostínaja), сало́н (ru) m (salón)
- Spanish: sala de estar f, estancia (es) f
- Volapük: sälun (vo)
- Welsh: lolfa (cy) f
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waiting room
- Bulgarian: приемна (bg) f (priemna)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 候車室/候车室 (zh) (hòuchēshì), 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì)
- Esperanto: ripozejo
- Finnish: odotushuone (fi)
- French: salle d’attente (fr) f
- Georgian: მოსაცდელი (mosacdeli), მისაღები (misaɣebi), ჰოლი (ka) (holi), ვესტიბიული (vesṭibiuli)
- German: Lounge (de) f, Wartezimmer (de) n, Warteraum (de) m
- Greek: αίθουσα αναμονής f (aíthousa anamonís)
- Hebrew: טְרַקְלִין (he) m (traklín)
- Hungarian: váróterem (hu), váró (hu), utasváró, előcsarnok (hu), csarnok (hu), hall (hu), társalgó (hu), szalon (hu)
- Italian: sala d'attesa, sala d'aspetto
- Japanese: ラウンジ (raunji), 待合室 (ja) (まちあいしつ, machiaishitsu), 休憩室 (ja) (きゅうけいしつ, kyūkeishitsu)
- Korean: 라운지 (ko) (raunji), 대기실 (ko) (daegisil), 휴게실 (ko) (hyugesil)
- Latin: exedrium n
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lounge m (hotel, airport, ship)
- Plautdietsch: Rustow f
- Portuguese: sala de espera f
- Russian: зал ожида́ния m (zal ožidánija), приёмная (ru) f (prijómnaja), холл (ru) m (xoll)
- Spanish: sala de estar f
- Tagalog: silid-pahingahan
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establishment
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì)
- Finnish: aula (fi), aulabaari, baari (fi)
- Hungarian: bár (hu), drinkbár (hu)
- Italian: piano-bar, veranda (it) f
- Japanese: ラウンジ (raunji), 休憩室 (ja) (きゅうけいしつ, kyūkeishitsu)
- Korean: 사교실 (sagyosil), 휴게실 (ko) (hyugesil), 라운지 (ko) (raunji)
- Russian: ко́мната о́тдыха f (kómnata ótdyxa), бар (ru) m (bar), сало́н (ru) m (salón)
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From English lounge.
lounge m (definite singular loungen, indefinite plural lounger, definite plural loungene)
- a lounge (usually in a hotel, airport or ship)
- “lounge” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
lounge m (plural lounges or lounge)
- lounge
lo + unge
lounge c
- A lynx cub.
Borrowed from English lounge.
lounge c
- A lounge, a waiting room.