Dear passengers, we now ask you to place your luggage under the seat in front of you, lift the table and backrest upright, lower the armrest, fasten your safety belt and open the window shutters.
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Backrest
//ˈbækˌɹɛst//
Synonyms for "backrest" (3 found)
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Translations
38 translations across 29 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- respatller noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 導板 /导板 noun (guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe)
- 靠背 noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Czech
2 entries- opěradlo noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- opěrka noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Danish
1 entries- ryglæn noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Dutch
1 entries- rugleuning noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Finnish
2 entries- selkänoja noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- välituki noun (guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe)
French
1 entries- dossier noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
German
1 entries- Rückenlehne noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִסְעָד noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Hungarian
1 entries- háttámla noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Icelandic
3 entries- bak noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- bakfjöl noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- bakstoð noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Italian
1 entries- schienale noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Japanese
1 entries- 背もたれ noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Latvian
1 entries- atzveltne noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ryggstø noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ryggstø noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آرقهلق noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Persian
1 entries- پشتی noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Rigjlän noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Portuguese
2 entries- encosto noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- espaldar noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Romanian
1 entries- spătar noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Russian
1 entries- спи́нка noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- наслон noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Slovak
2 entries- operadlo noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- opierka noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Spanish
3 entries- espaldar noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- respaldar noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
- respaldo noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Swedish
1 entries- ryggstöd noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Turkish
1 entries- arkalık noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Ukrainian
1 entries- спи́нка noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Zazaki
1 entries- phastek noun (back piece of a chair — see also back)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
An office chair should be fitted with a backrest.
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When I leant back, the backrest broke and I slid off the chair.
Source: tatoeba (11926986)
The backrest should conform to the natural curvature of your spine, and provide adequate lumbar support.
Source: tatoeba (12190656)
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