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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno
Being fairly new and all, I'm wondering...
Why "liseuse"? what does it mean, actually? I don't know French, and from what little I know "liseuse" reminds me of a piece of cloth. Online dictionaries seem to agree with me, so I'm obviously confused.
Does it have another meaning?
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From Wikipedia, because it puts it more succintly than I can at the moment:
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The name comes from "liseuse" which is the feminine form of "liseur" in French. This is often translated as "reader" but it is used normally to describe a person who really likes to read, while a simple reader is called "lecteur" or "lectrice" in the feminine gender. This is one indication of who this type of desk was originally marketed to.
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