scaun

Scaun is a Romanian noun that primarily denotes a chair or seat designed for sitting. It refers to a piece of furniture used in homes, offices, and public spaces. In addition to its furniture sense, the word can also appear in medical or informal speech to mean feces or stool. The word is masculine; the definite form is scaunul and the plural is scaune.

In everyday use, scaun is common in phrases such as a se așeza pe scaun (to sit down on a chair) or a lua scaunul (to take one’s seat or to assume a position or office). Examples: Am cumpărat un scaun nou pentru birou. Ioan a așezat toate за scaunele la masă. In more formal or ceremonial language, scaun can also mean a seat of authority, such as scaunul episcopal (the bishop’s throne) or, more generally, the chair in an occupied leadership role.

As a lexical item, scaun has a straightforward gender and plural pattern: un scaun (a chair), doi scaune (two chairs), scaunele (the chairs). The term is widely understood across Romanian dialects and appears in everyday conversation, literature, and institutional language, with the non-furniture sense typically inferred from context.