divan
French, noun/di.vɑ̃/
divan is spelled D-I-V-A-N (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divan is a French masculine noun meaning “any type of undistinguished couch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conseil suprême, tribunal, assemblée de notables, de l’Empire ottoman, qui siégeaient sur des coussins”.
What does divan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany type of undistinguished couch
- 2
masculinea divan in either of the original Turkish senses
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conseil suprême, tribunal, assemblée de notables, de l’Empire ottoman, qui siégeaient sur des coussins. 2. Le conseil du Grand Turc, le ministère ottoman. 3. Salle de réception, parfois garnie de coussins, dans certains pays orientaux. 4. Sofa sans dossier et garni de coussins.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de diwan (recueil de poésies lyriques orientales). 2. Recueil de poésies se plaçant dans cette tradition.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of divan
- divans plural
- diwan
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divan?
- /di.vɑ̃/
- \di.vɑ̃\
- [œ̃ di.vɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divan in French?
divan appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).