chair1 Pronunciation: /tʃer; tʃeə(r)/Translate chair | into French | into German | into Italian Spanish translation of chairn 1 (seat) silla (f); (armchair) sillón (m) butaca (f) (esp Esp) 2 a (at university) cátedra (f) b (in meeting) presidencia (f) to take the chair = presidirchair in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of chair in the British & World English dictionary Definition of chair in the US English dictionary