chair

chair
 eə 1. noun
1) (a movable seat for one person, with a back to it: a table and four chairs.) stol
2) (the position of a person who is chairman at a meeting etc: Who is in the chair?) leder, ordstyrer
3) (the office of a university professor: He holds the chair of History at this university.) professorat
2. verb
(to be chairman at (a meeting etc): He chaired the meeting last night.) lede, være ordstyrer
- chairman
- chairperson
- chairwoman
- chairmanship
stol
I
subst. \/tʃeə\/
1) stol
take a chair!
sitt ned \/ sett deg \/ ta plass
2) embete
3) lærestol, professorat
chair of philosophy
professorat i filosofi
4) ordstyrerplass, formannssete, ordstyrerverv, lederplass
5) (historisk) bærestol
be in the chair eller hold the chair være møteleder, være ordstyrer, være formann, være leder
the chair (amer.) den elektriske stol
chair! chair! ro i salen! (protest mot uro under møter)
hand the chair over to somebody gi ordet til noen
take the chair være ordstyrer, starte møtet
tilting one's chair sitte og vippe på stolen
II
verb \/tʃeə\/
1) være formann for
2) være ordstyrer, lede, presidere ved
chair a committee
chair a meeting
3) sette i en stol, installere
4) bære på gullstol, bære i triumf
5) forsyne med stoler

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  • chair — 1. (chêr) s. f. 1°   Toutes les parties molles du corps de l homme et des animaux, et plus particulièrement la partie rouge des muscles. Recevoir une blessure dans les chairs. •   Mais je n ai plus trouvé qu un horrible mélange D os et de chairs… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • chair — CHAIR. s. fém. Substance molle et sanguine, qui est entre la peau et les os de l animal. Chair vive, chair morte, chair ferme. Avoir un coup d épée dans les chairs. Avoir la chair bonne. On guérit aisément les blessures qui ne sont que dans les… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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