/ˈkʌmftəbəl/
Translation
Soft and nice to sit in or wear, so that you feel relaxed.
Word origin
From Old French conforter, meaning to strengthen, from Latin fortis, strong.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- conforter
- English cognates
- comfort
Examples
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"Comfortable" describes a thing that feels good to use.
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Here "comfortable" means soft and easy to wear.
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"Comfortable" can also mean relaxed and not worried.
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Grammar articles
(6)Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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