recliner
noun
recliner is a noun meaning “One who, or that which, reclines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-C-L-I-N-E-R and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of recliner is recliners.
What does recliner mean?
noun
- 1
One who, or that which, reclines.
- 2
A chair hinged so that the back can be reclined for comfort.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce recliner?
Recliner has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of recliner
- recliners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is recliner?
Recliner appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Recliner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hinged chair:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does recliner come from?
From recline + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).