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Etymology
From Old English stol (seat, throne). Confer Dutch stoel (chair), German Stuhl (chair), Iceland stóll (chair), Old Norse stoll (chair, seat), Gothic stols (throne).
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-stool.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�l|-u�l
Noun
en-noun
- A seat for one person without a back or armrest.
- A footstool.
- feces|Feces; excrement.
#*'Usage notes: 'The word stool is preferred to fæces and excrement in medical use.
- archaic A decoy.
Derived terms
footstool
stool pigeon
stoolie
Translations
trans-top|a seat
Afrikaans: stoel
Dutch: kruk f, barkruk f
Estonian: taburet, järg, järi, pink, pukk ('simple seat'); jalapink
Finnish: palli, jakkara
French: tabouret m
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German: Hocker m
Icelandic: kollur m
Norwegian: krakk m
Russian: �аб��е� (taburét) m, �аб��е�ка (taburétka) m
Spanish: Taburete, Silla (taburétka) m
Swedish: pall c
trans-bottom
a footstool
See translations at footstool#Translations|footstool
trans-top|excrement
Czech: stolice f
Dutch: stoelgang m
Estonian: iste, väljaheide, roe, ekskrement
Finnish: uloste
French: selle f
trans-mid
German: Stuhl m, Stuhlgang m, Exkrement n, Exkret n, Kot m
Spanish: Excremento, Heces m
Russian: ���л (stul) m
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trans-top|a decoy
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|uncategorized
Spanish: taburete m, butaca f
trans-mid
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See also
chair
seat
Anagrams
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