chair

chaise

Siège pour une personne, généralement avec un dossier et quatre pieds.

En anglais simple : A seat for one person, usually with a back and four legs.

• Please take a chair.
• She sat on the chair by the window.
• We need two more chairs for dinner.

Synonymes : seat

Expressions courantes : sit on a chair, wooden chair, comfortable chair

président, présidence

Personne qui dirige une réunion ou un comité, ou fonction qu’elle occupe.

En anglais simple : The person who leads a meeting or committee, or the position they hold.

• The chair opened the meeting.
• She was elected chair of the committee.
• Who will take the chair today?

Comment l'utiliser : chair of something (He is chair of the board.)

Synonymes : chairperson, chairman, chairwoman

Expressions courantes : committee chair, chair of something, elect a chair

chaire

Poste important d’enseignement et de recherche dans une université.

En anglais simple : An important teaching and research position at a university.

• She holds a chair in history.
• The university created a new chair in physics.
• He was appointed to the chair of mathematics.

Comment l'utiliser : chair in something (She was offered a chair in chemistry.); chair of something (He holds the chair of philosophy.)

Synonymes : professorship

Expressions courantes : university chair, endowed chair, chair in something

place, poste

Place ou rang attribué à un musicien dans un orchestre.

En anglais simple : A musician’s assigned place or rank in an orchestra.

• She plays first chair in the violin section.
• He won a chair in the orchestra.
• The second chair became vacant last month.

Synonymes : position, seat

Expressions courantes : first chair, second chair, win a chair

poste, fauteuil

Emplacement de travail attribué à un coiffeur ou à un barbier dans un salon.

En anglais simple : An assigned working place for a hairdresser or barber in a shop.

• She rents a chair at the salon.
• Two chairs are available for new stylists.
• He gave up his chair to open his own shop.

Synonymes : station, place

Expressions courantes : rent a chair, salon chair, available chair

présider

Diriger une réunion et organiser les échanges.

En anglais simple : To lead a meeting and manage the discussion.

• She will chair the meeting.
• He chaired the committee for three years.
• Who is chairing today’s discussion?

Synonymes : lead, preside over

Expressions courantes : chair a meeting, chair a committee, chair a discussion

décerner un fauteuil à

Offrir un fauteuil de cérémonie au poète gagnant d’un festival artistique gallois.

En anglais simple : To give a winning poet a ceremonial seat as a prize at a Welsh arts festival.

• They will chair the winning poet.
• She was chaired at the Welsh festival.
• The crowd cheered as the judges chaired the bard.

Expressions courantes : chair the poet, chair a winner